U+99A8 "馨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
馨
U+99A8 "馨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meaning of fragrance or pervasive scent, often used metaphorically to denote virtue, reputation, or moral influence that spreads widely. Composed of the semantic component for "fragrant herbs" (馨) and the phonetic element, it appears in classical literature, personal names, and modern Chinese contexts to evoke a sense of enduring goodness or sweet-smelling qualities, such as in the phrase "德馨" (de xin) meaning "virtuous fragrance."
General Properties
| Code Point | U+99A8 |
| 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 | 馨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 馨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xA6 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x99A8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000099A8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u99a8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C4C9 |
| kCCCII | 21612B |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7A54 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7A54 |
| kCangjie | GEHDA |
| kCantonese | hing1 |
| kCihaiT | 1497.404 |
| kCowles | 1073 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1956.250 |
| kDefinition | fragrant, aromatic; distant fragrance |
| kEACC | 21612B |
| kFanqie | 呼刑 |
| kFenn | 404D |
| kFennIndex | 182.06 184.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4760.9 |
| kGB0 | 6016 |
| kGB1 | 6016 |
| kGSR | 0832f |
| kHangul | 형:0N |
| kHanYu | 74425.080 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 74425.080:xīn |
| kHKGlyph | 4574 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1956.250 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74425.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1429.300 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5C30 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C4C9 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-333E |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F3F2 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7B30 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7A54 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6C39 |
| kJapanese | ケイ キョウ かおり かおる |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3475 |
| kJapaneseKun | KAORU KAORI |
| kJapaneseOn | KEI KYOU |
| kJis0 | 1930 |
| kKangXi | 1429.300 |
| kKarlgren | 397 |
| kKorean | HYENG |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7451 |
| kMandarin | xīn |
| kMatthews | 2769 |
| kMeyerWempe | 726 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ028615 |
| kMorohashi | 44559 |
| kNelson | 5190 |
| kPhonetic | 477 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1436+186.9.11 |
| kRSUnicode | 186.11 |
| kSBGY | 195.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 784.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xīn粵hing1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 7451 |
| kTang | xeng |
| kTGHZ2013 | 407.140:xīn |
| kTotalStrokes | 20 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | hanh |
| kXerox | 264:136 |
| kXHC1983 | 1281.020:xīn |