U+9697 "隗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

隗

U+9697 "隗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in both traditional and simplified writing systems, primarily a family name with historical significance. Its pronunciation varies across dialects, such as "Kuí" in Mandarin and "Kwai" in Cantonese, and it originally referred to a place name or a surname from ancient China, notably associated with the Zhou dynasty state of Gui or a clan that later adopted the character. The character itself is composed of the radical for "mound" or "hill" (阝, left side) and the phonetic component "鬼" (guǐ, meaning ghost or spirit), giving it a structural link to both geography and supernatural connotations. In modern usage, it is relatively rare but appears in classical texts and personal names, particularly within Chinese historical records.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9697
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	隗
HTML Hex Encoding	隗
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0x9A 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9697
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009697
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9697

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

kAlternateTotalStrokes	13:J
kBigFive	E0D4
kCCCII	234A7A
kCNS1986	2-485A
kCNS1992	2-485A
kCangjie	NLHI
kCantonese	ngai5
kCihaiT	1433.302
kDaeJaweon	1862.220
kDefinition	high; lofty; surname
kEACC	234A7A
kFanqie	五罪
kFourCornerCode	7621.3
kGB0	5883
kGB1	5883
kHangul	외:1N
kHanYu	64147.040
kHanyuPinyin	64147.040:wěi,guī
kIICore	BGJ
kIRGDaeJaweon	1862.220
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	64147.040
kIRGKangXi	1358.220
kIRG_GSource	G0-5A73
kIRG_HSource	HB2-E0D4
kIRG_JSource	J0-7029
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-8376
kIRG_KSource	K1-686F
kIRG_TSource	T2-485A
kJapanese	カイゲガイキけわしい
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:5015
kJapaneseKun	KEWASHII TAKAI
kJapaneseOn	KAI GAI KI
kJis0	8009
kKangXi	1358.220
kKorean	OY
kMainlandTelegraph	7136
kMandarin	wěi
kMatthews	7097
kMojiJoho	MJ027660
kMorohashi	41788
kPhonetic	711
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+7106+170.3.10 C+7106+194.10.3
kRSUnicode	170.10
kSBGY	273.18
kSMSZD2003Index	754.12
kSMSZD2003Readings	wěi粵ngai5 kuí粵kwai4
kTaiwanTelegraph	7136
kTang	nguə̌i
kTGHZ2013	383.100:wěi
kTotalStrokes	11
kUnihanCore2020	GHJMT
kXerox	276:271
kXHC1983	0662.100:kuí 1198.050:wěi