U+68D8 "棘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
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U+68D8 "棘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a kanji or hanzi that represents the concept of "thorn" or "bramble," specifically referring to a type of spiny plant or the jujube tree with thorns. It is composed of two occurrences of the radical for "thorn" or "tree" (木) placed side by side, emphasizing its meaning of sharp, woody projections. Beyond its literal use, this character appears in Chinese and Japanese compounds such as "棘手" (jíshǒu) meaning "thorny" or "difficult to handle," and "荆棘" (jīngjí) referring to "thorns and brambles" as a metaphor for obstacles. Its pronunciation in Mandarin is "jí," and in Japanese, it is often read as "toge" or "kyoku," depending on the context.
General Properties
Code Point
U+68D8
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
棘
HTML Hex Encoding
棘
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE6 0xA3 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding
0x68D8
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000068D8
C/C++/Java Escape
\u68d8
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
B4C6
kCCCII
21447B
kCNS1986
1-5F6B
kCNS1992
1-5F6B
kCangjie
DBDB
kCantonese
gik1
kCihaiT
703.301
kCowles
1650
kDaeJaweon
0921.010
kDefinition
jujube tree; thorns, brambles
kEACC
21447B
kFanqie
紀力
kFenn
500D
kFennIndex
36.06
kFourCornerCode
5599.2
kGB0
2812
kGB1
2812
kGSR
0911a
kHangul
극:0N
kHanYu
21227.090
kHanyuPinyin
21227.090:jí
kHKGlyph
1947
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21227.090
kIRG_GSource
G0-3C2C
kIRG_HSource
HB1-B4C6
kIRG_JSource
J0-5B79
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-D1E9
kIRG_KSource
K0-503E
kIRG_TSource
T1-5F6B
kIRG_VSource
V1-5A2D
kJapanese
キョク コキ キ いばら とげ
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:2584
kJapaneseKun
IBARA TOGE
kJapaneseOn
KYOKU
kJis0
5989
kKangXi
0532.200
kKorean
KUK
kMainlandTelegraph
2765
kMandarin
jí
kMatthews
486
kMeyerWempe
1135
kMojiJoho
MJ014057
kMorohashi
14938
kNelson
0238
kPhonetic
161 613
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5212+75.4.8
kRSUnicode
75.8
kSBGY
526.50
kSMSZD2003Index
321.01
kSMSZD2003Readings
jí粵gik1
kTaiwanTelegraph
2765
kTang
*giək
kTGHZ2013
156.020:jí
kTotalStrokes
12
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kVietnamese
gấc
kXerox
264:342
kXHC1983
0526.080:jí