U+989B "颛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
颛
U+989B "颛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that primarily functions as a component of proper names and carries meanings related to "good," "true," or "pious." It is most famously associated with Zhuanxu, one of the legendary Five Emperors in ancient Chinese mythology, who is credited with bringing order and civilization to the world. In modern usage, the character appears less frequently in everyday vocabulary but remains significant in historical, literary, and cultural contexts, often conveying a sense of ancient authority or moral rectitude. Its structure combines the radical for "page" or "head" (页) with phonetic and semantic elements that highlight its connection to respect and antiquity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+989B |
| 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 | 颛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 颛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xA2 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x989B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000989B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u989b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 276052 |
| kCangjie | UBMBO |
| kCantonese | zyun1 |
| kDefinition | good, honest; simple; respectful |
| kEACC | 276052 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2128 |
| kGB0 | 8207 |
| kHanYu | 74382.070 |
| kIICore | CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74382.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1410.451 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-7227 |
| kTGH | 2013:5938 |
| kKangXi | 1410.451 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7348 |
| kMandarin | zhuān |
| kPhonetic | 1383* |
| kRSUnicode | 181'.9 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 486.140:zhuān |
| kTotalStrokes | 15 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "顓" U+9853 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 1518.030:zhuān |