U+90E4 "郤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+90E4 "郤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that traditionally functions as a surname, though it also appears in classical texts with meanings related to a crack, crevice, or opening, often extended metaphorically to denote a gap, weak point, or opportunity for discord. Historically, it is associated with the ancient State of Xi in Chinese history and is sometimes used interchangeably with the character "郄" in various contexts. In modern usage, it is less common in everyday writing but remains recognized within the standard repertoire of CJK unified ideographs for languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it may appear in historical names or literary works.

General Properties

Code Point U+90E4
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 郤
HTML Hex Encoding 郤
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0x83 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding 0x90E4
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000090E4
C/C++/Java Escape \u90e4

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 D3FD
kCCCII 233F2D
kCNS1986 2-3341
kCNS1992 2-3341
kCangjie CRNL
kCantonese gwik1
kCihaiT 1339.601
kCowles 1963
kDaeJaweon 1771.040
kDefinition crack, opening; surname
kEACC 233F2D
kFanqie 綺戟
kFourCornerCode 8762.7
kGB3 8192
kGB8 9479
kGSR 0776e
kHanYu 63774.100
kHanyuPinyin 63774.100:xì
kIICore CT
kIRGDaeJaweon 1771.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 63774.100
kIRGKangXi 1272.100
kIRG_GSource G3-717C
kIRG_HSource HB2-D3FD
kIRG_JSource J0-6E3C
kIRG_KPSource KP1-7E5F
kIRG_KSource K2-6644
kIRG_TSource T2-3341
kJapanese ケキ ゲキ キャク
kTGH 2013:4275
kJapaneseKun AOGU HIMA
kJapaneseOn GEKI KEKI KYAKU
kJis0 7828
kKangXi 1272.100
kKarlgren 425
kKorean KUK
kMainlandTelegraph 6748
kMandarin
kMatthews 2474
kMojiJoho MJ026317 MJ026317:E0101 MJ026318:E0102
kMorohashi 39440 39440:E0101
kPhonetic 606 681 739
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+6937+150.7.3 C+6937+163.3.7
kRSUnicode 163.7
kSBGY 511.18
kSemanticVariant U+90C4<kMatthews
kSMSZD2003Index 706.05 658.11
kSMSZD2003Readings xì粵gwik1
kTaiwanTelegraph 6748
kTang *kiɑk
kTGHZ2013 395.090:xì
kTotalStrokes 9
kUnihanCore2020 GHJMT
kXerox 316:106
kXHC1983 1236.030:xì