U+9FE8 "鿨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9FE8 "鿨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a relatively recent addition to the CJK Unified Ideographs block, encoded in Unicode version 12.0 in 2019. This character represents a Chinese ideograph (kanji/hanja) used primarily for phonetic transcription, specifically to convey the sound "hua" or "wa" in certain contexts, and it is not commonly found in traditional or standard Chinese vocabulary. Its inclusion in Unicode helps support digital representation of specialized or historical texts, such as those from Chinese Christian documents or translated Buddhist scriptures, where it appears as a transliteration character.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9FE8
Version Added	10.0
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	鿨
HTML Hex Encoding	鿨
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0xBF 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9FE8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009FE8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9fe8

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

kIRG_USource	UTC-01188
kRSUnicode	173.19
kTotalStrokes	27