U+9005 "逅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+9005 "逅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character pronounced "hòu" in Mandarin, which primarily appears in the compound word "邂逅" meaning "to meet unexpectedly" or "a chance meeting." This character is composed of the radical "辶" (walk) suggesting movement or action, combined with the phonetic component "后" (hòu) which provides the pronunciation. In classical Chinese literature and modern usage, "逅" almost exclusively functions within the term "邂逅," describing a serendipitous encounter, often between friends or lovers, and carries a poetic or romantic nuance. It is encoded in the CJK Unified Ideographs block of the Unicode standard, supporting its use across digital texts for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean typography.

General Properties

Code Point U+9005
Version Added 1.1
Name CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 逅
HTML Hex Encoding 逅
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0x80 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding 0x9005
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00009005
C/C++/Java Escape \u9005

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Han
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes
Unified Ideograph Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive B06D
kCCCII 215B7C
kCNS1986 1-5852
kCNS1992 1-5852
kCangjie YHMR
kCantonese hau6
kCihaiT 1316.102
kDaeJaweon 1741.110
kDefinition meet unexpectedly
kEACC 215B7C
kFanqie 胡遘
kFourCornerCode 3230.6
kGB0 6943
kGB1 6943
kGSR 0112c
kHangul 후:0N
kHanYu 63830.010
kHanyuPinyin 63830.010:hòu
kHKGlyph 4103
kIICore AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon 1741.110
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 63830.010
kIRGKangXi 1256.290
kIRG_GSource G0-654B
kIRG_HSource HB1-B06D
kIRG_JSource J0-6D70
kIRG_KPSource KP0-F4ED
kIRG_KSource K0-7D31
kIRG_TSource T1-5852
kIRG_VSource V2-9051
kJapanese コウ コ ゴ あう まみえる
kKoreanName 2015
kTGH 2013:4268
kJapaneseKun AU
kJapaneseOn KOU
kJis0 7780
kKangXi 1256.290
kKorean HWU
kMainlandTelegraph 6626
kMandarin hòu
kMatthews 2145
kMeyerWempe 687d
kMojiJoho MJ025890 MJ025890:E0101 MJ025889:E0102
kMorohashi 38848 38848:E0101
kNelson 4678
kPhonetic 449
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+6895+162.4.6
kRSUnicode 162.6
kSBGY 437.31
kSMSZD2003Index 694.10
kSMSZD2003Readings hòu粵hau6
kTaiwanTelegraph 6626
kTang hòu
kTGHZ2013 139.130:hòu
kTotalStrokes 9
kUnihanCore2020 GHJKMPT
kXerox 275:254
kXHC1983 0470.010:hòu