U+8F99 "辙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+8F99 "辙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means a wheel rut, a track, or a path, and is often used metaphorically to refer to a direction, way, or pattern of behavior. In its extended usage, it can also signify a rhyme or a principle in literary contexts, such as in the term "辙韵" referring to rhyme schemes. The character is composed of the radical 车 (vehicle) on the left, indicating its association with wheels and transportation, and the phonetic component 彻 on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation (zhé in Mandarin). Common words incorporating "辙" include "覆辙" meaning overturned cart tracks, which metaphorically denotes a lesson from a past failure, and "合辙" meaning to fit into a pattern or to be in agreement. This character appears in classical texts, modern Chinese literature, and everyday language, reflecting both concrete and abstract concepts of movement and alignment.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
辙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
辙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE8 0xBE 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x8F99 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00008F99 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u8f99 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII |
275B54 |
| kCangjie |
KQYBK |
| kCantonese |
cit3 |
| kDefinition |
wagon ruts, wheel tracks |
| kEACC |
275B54 |
| kFourCornerCode |
4854 |
| kGB0 |
5362 |
| kHanYu |
53557.020 |
| kIICore |
AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
53557.020 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1250.241 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-555E |
| kTGH |
2013:3339 |
| kKangXi |
1250.241 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
6568 |
| kMandarin |
zhé |
| kPhonetic |
214* |
| kRSUnicode |
159'.12 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
470.040:zhé |
| kTotalStrokes |
16 |
| kTraditionalVariant |
"轍" U+8F4D CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
G |
| kXHC1983 |
1464.060:zhé |