U+9A65 "驥" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+9A65 "驥" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character composed of the radical for horse (馬) and a phonetic component, and it generally signifies a fine horse or steed, often one that is swift and of excellent pedigree. In classical Chinese literature and idiomatic expressions, this character is used metaphorically to represent a person of exceptional talent or virtue, similar to the concept of a "thoroughbred" in English. It appears in terms like "驥足" which refers to a person's remarkable ability, and it is also found in the famous proverb "老驥伏櫪,志在千里," meaning that even an aging talent still harbors great ambitions. This character is part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block, reflecting its shared usage across these languages with consistent meaning related to superior horses.

General Properties

Code Point U+9A65
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 驥
HTML Hex Encoding 驥
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0xA9 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding 0x9A65
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00009A65
C/C++/Java Escape \u9a65

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 C66B
kCCCII 216150
kCNS1986 1-7D38
kCNS1992 1-7D38
kCangjie SFLPC
kCantonese kei3
kCihaiT 1511.504
kDaeJaweon 1972.190
kDefinition thoroughbred horse; refined
kEACC 216150
kFanqie 几利
kFourCornerCode 7138.1
kGB1 7087
kGSR 0603c
kHangul 기:0N
kHanYu 74583.050
kHanyuPinyin 74583.050:jì
kHKGlyph 4611
kIICore ATHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon 1972.190
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 74583.050
kIRGKangXi 1447.040
kIRG_GSource G1-6677
kIRG_HSource HB1-C66B
kIRG_JSource J0-7167
kIRG_KPSource KP0-D2F4
kIRG_KSource K0-514A
kIRG_TSource T1-7D38
kJapanese
kKoreanName 2015
kJapaneseOn KI
kJis0 8171
kKangXi 1447.040
kKorean KI
kMandarin
kMatthews 444
kMeyerWempe 1115i
kMojiJoho MJ028837 MJ028837:E0102 MJ028838:E0103
kMorohashi 45076:E0103
kNelson 5234
kPhonetic 601
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+7262+187.10.16 V+14268+187.10.16
kRSUnicode 187.17
kSBGY 353.45
kSimplifiedVariant "骥" U+9AA5 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index 790.01
kSMSZD2003Readings jì粵kei3
kTaiwanTelegraph 7535
kTang gyì
kTotalStrokes 26
kUnihanCore2020 HJKMPT
kXerox 267:145