U+96CE "雎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

雎

U+96CE "雎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that traditionally refers to a type of water bird, often identified as the osprey or a similar fish-eating bird, and appears prominently in classical Chinese literature, most notably in the opening line of the Book of Songs (Shijing), where the phrase "关关雎鸠" (guān guān jū jiū) describes the harmonious calls of these birds as a metaphor for courtship and marital harmony. In modern usage, the character is less common in everyday language but retains its literary and historical significance, sometimes appearing in given names or poetic contexts. It is classified under the radical for "bird" (隹) and is associated with concepts of fidelity and natural balance due to its classical references.

General Properties

Code Point	U+96CE
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	雎
HTML Hex Encoding	雎
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0x9B 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding	0x96CE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000096CE
C/C++/Java Escape	\u96ce

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	E0D5
kCCCII	234B52
kCNS1986	2-485B
kCNS1992	2-485B
kCangjie	BMOG
kCantonese	zeoi1
kCihaiT	1440.301
kDaeJaweon	1871.040
kDefinition	osprey, fishhawk; hold back
kEACC	234B52
kFanqie	七余
kFourCornerCode	7011.4
kGB0	8634
kGB1	8634
kGSR	0046r
kHangul	저:0N
kHanYu	64096.150
kHanyuPinyin	64096.150:jū
kIICore	AGKP
kIRGDaeJaweon	1871.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	64096.150
kIRGKangXi	1366.160
kIRG_GSource	G0-7642
kIRG_HSource	HB2-E0D5
kIRG_JSource	J0-7033
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-E7BD
kIRG_KSource	K0-6E51
kIRG_TSource	T2-485B
kJapanese	ショ
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:5438
kJapaneseKun	MISAGO
kJapaneseOn	SHO
kJis0	8019
kKangXi	1366.160
kKorean	CE
kMainlandTelegraph	7168
kMandarin	jū
kMatthews	1580
kMojiJoho	MJ027734
kMorohashi	42001
kPhonetic	97
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+7116+172.8.5
kRSUnicode	172.5
kSBGY	068.46
kSMSZD2003Index	757.07
kSMSZD2003Readings	jū粵zeoi1
kTaiwanTelegraph	7168
kTGHZ2013	184.060:jū
kTotalStrokes	13
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kXerox	307:317
kXHC1983	0609.140:jū