U+97C8 "韈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+97C8 "韈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character traditionally read as "wà" in Mandarin, primarily used in classical or literary contexts to refer to a type of sock or foot covering, often made of leather or cloth. This character is composed of the radical "革" (leather) on the left, indicating a material association, and the phonetic element "蔑" on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation. In modern usage, it is largely archaic and has been largely superseded by the more common character "袜" for the concept of socks, though "韈" occasionally appears in historical texts, poetry, or specialized discussions of ancient Chinese clothing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+97C8
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	韈
HTML Hex Encoding	韈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0x9F 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0x97C8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000097C8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u97c8

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	335821
kCNS1986	E-6128
kCNS1992	3-6128
kCangjie	TJTWM
kCantonese	mat6
kCihaiT	1469.502
kDaeJaweon	1907.240
kDefinition	socks, stockings
kEACC	335821
kFanqie	望發
kFourCornerCode	4455.3
kGSR	0311l
kHanYu	74352.050
kIRGDaeJaweon	1907.240
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	74352.050
kIRGKangXi	1392.330
kIRG_GSource	GE-537C
kIRG_HSource	H-9F76
kIRG_JSource	J0-7069
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-85FB
kIRG_KSource	K2-6D2F
kIRG_MSource	MA-9F76
kIRG_TSource	T3-6128
kIRG_VSource	V2-913A
kJapanese	ベツ
kJapaneseKun	TABI KUTSUSHITA
kJapaneseOn	BETSU BATSU
kJis0	8073
kKangXi	1392.330
kMandarin	wà
kMatthews	7000
kMojiJoho	MJ028051 MJ028051:E0101 MJ028053:E0102 MJ028052:E0103 MJ028054:E0104
kMorohashi	43079:E0102
kPhonetic	906
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+7170+177.9.14
kRSUnicode	177.15
kSBGY	479.09
kSemanticVariant	U+896A<kMatthews U+97E4<kMatthews
kSMSZD2003Index	768.01
kTaiwanTelegraph	7292
kTotalStrokes	23
kUnihanCore2020	HJ
kXerox	322:374