U+969F "隟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+969F "隟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in classical and literary contexts, where it denotes a crack, crevice, or a small opening, often implying a gap or fissure in a physical surface or, by extension, a rift in relationships or opportunities. It is a variant of the more common character 隙 (xì), sharing the same meaning and pronunciation, though 隟 appears less frequently in modern standard Chinese. Historically, it has been employed in ancient texts to describe spatial separations or temporal intervals, and its composition includes the radical 阝 (meaning "mound" or "hill") on the left, which relates to physical barriers or landforms, while the right component 舛 contributes to the sense of discord or divergence. In Unicode, it belongs to the CJK Unified Ideographs block and is encoded for digital representation in various East Asian writing systems, serving as a subtle but purposeful glyph for nuanced expressions in written Chinese.

General Properties

Code Point U+969F
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 隟
HTML Hex Encoding 隟
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0x9A 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding 0x969F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000969F
C/C++/Java Escape \u969f

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

kCCCII 234B2A
kCNS1986 E-4A46
kCNS1992 3-4A46
kCangjie NLVVD
kCantonese gwik1
kCihaiT 1433.505
kDaeJaweon 1863.300
kGB5 8511
kHanYu 64156.050
kIRGDaeJaweon 1863.300
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 64156.050
kIRGKangXi 1360.070
kIRG_GSource G5-752B
kIRG_JSource J1-6669
kIRG_KPSource KP1-837A
kIRG_TSource T3-4A46
kJapanese ゲキ
kJapaneseKun SUKI HIMA
kJapaneseOn GEKI KEKI
kJis1 7073
kKangXi 1360.070
kMandarin
kMojiJoho MJ027673
kMorohashi 41829
kPhonetic 51*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+22840+170.3.11
kRSUnicode 170.11
kTotalStrokes 13
kXHC1983 1235.120:xì