U+8845 "衅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+8845 "衅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily conveys the concept of a blood sacrifice or quarrel, often referring to a fissure or rift caused by conflict. Its radical is 血 (blood) on the left side, indicating its ancient association with ritual slaughter or smearing blood to seal a covenant, while the right component 半 (half) contributes to its phonetic and semantic layers. In modern usage, this character appears in words like 挑衅 (to provoke or challenge) and 衅端 (cause for dispute), retaining a strong connotation of aggression or stirring up trouble. As part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs, it is encoded for consistent digital representation across East Asian scripts.
General Properties
Code Point
U+8845
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
衅
HTML Hex Encoding
衅
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE8 0xA1 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding
0x8845
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00008845
C/C++/Java Escape
\u8845
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kCCCII
232D46
kCNS1986
E-386A
kCNS1992
3-386A
kCangjie
HTFQ
kCantonese
jan6
kCihaiT
1203.403
kDaeJaweon
1569.150
kDefinition
consecrate sacrificial vessels by smearing blood; rift
kEACC
275D35
kFanqie
許覲
kFennIndex
184.02
kFourCornerCode
2915
kGB0
4838
kGSR
0447a
kHanYu
53051.100
kHanyuPinlu
xìn(11)
kIICore
AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53051.100
kIRG_GSource
G0-5046
kIRG_HSource
H-8FBB
kIRG_JSource
J1-5C25
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7327
kIRG_KSource
K2-5E21
kIRG_TSource
T3-386A
kIRG_VSource
V2-8F6B
kJapanese
キン ちぬる
kTGH
2013:2338
kJapaneseKun
CHINURU HIMA SUKI
kJapaneseOn
KIN
kJis1
6005
kKangXi
1107.150
kKorean
HUN
kMainlandTelegraph
5881
kMandarin
xìn
kMatthews
2734
kMeyerWempe
3831b
kMojiJoho
MJ023853
kMorohashi
33980
kPhonetic
353 1089 1484
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+19776+143.6.5
kRSUnicode
143.5
kSBGY
393.43
kSemanticVariant
U+91C1<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe
kSimplifiedVariant
kSMSZD2003Index
624.15
kTaiwanTelegraph
5881
kTGHZ2013
408.010:xìn
kTotalStrokes
11
kTraditionalVariant
kUnihanCore2020
GH
kXerox
324:067
kXHC1983
1286.030:xìn