U+9628 "阨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
阨
U+9628 "阨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily signifies a narrow, constricted pass or defile, and by extension conveys meanings of difficulty, distress, or adversity, often appearing in classical texts to describe a strategic choke point or a perilous situation. This character is composed of the radical "阝" (a variant of 阜, meaning mound or hill) on the left, suggesting terrain or elevation, and a phonetic component on the right that contributes to its pronunciation as "è" in Mandarin. Historically, it has been used in literary works to depict both physical obstacles and metaphorical hardships, distinguishing it from related characters like "厄" which can also mean disaster but lacks the topographical connotation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9628 |
| 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 | 阨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 阨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0x98 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9628 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009628 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9628 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | CBAE |
| kCCCII | 234A24 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-252E |
| kCNS1992 | 2-252E |
| kCangjie | NLMSU |
| kCantonese | ak1 |
| kCheungBauer | 170/04;NLMSU;[ng]ak1 |
| kCheungBauerIndex | 470.03 |
| kCihaiT | 1414.403 |
| kCowles | 3022 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1848.090 |
| kDefinition | in distress; adverse; strategic; (Cant.) to swindle |
| kEACC | 333475 |
| kFanqie | 於革 |
| kFenn | 196K |
| kFennIndex | 371.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7121.2 |
| kGSR | 0844h |
| kHangul | 액:1N |
| kHanYu | 64116.080 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 64116.080:è,ài |
| kIICore | CT |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1848.090 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64116.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1346.080 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-5321 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-CBAE |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6F75 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-82F4 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-666B |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-252E |
| kJapanese | アイ ヤク アク せまい ふさがる ふさぐ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | FUSAGARU SEMAI |
| kJapaneseOn | AKU YAKU AI |
| kJis0 | 7985 |
| kKangXi | 1346.080 |
| kKorean | AYK AY |
| kMandarin | è |
| kMatthews | 4811 |
| kMeyerWempe | 30e 2036 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ027541 |
| kMorohashi | 41559 |
| kPhonetic | 8 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+7088+170.3.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 170.4 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+9638<kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 749.06 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | è粵ak1 |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant | U+5443<kMeyerWempe |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 7084 |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJMT |
| kXerox | 271:362 |
| kXHC1983 | 0284.032:è |