U+8856 "衖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+8856 "衖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that historically refers to a lane, alley, or a small side street, often found in older urban layouts. It is closely related to the more common character "巷" (xiàng), which also means lane or alley, but "衖" carries a slightly more archaic or literary nuance and has specific usage in compound terms and traditional place names. In modern Chinese, it appears less frequently than its counterpart, yet it remains a recognized part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideograph set, used in classical texts and certain regional contexts to denote narrow passageways within cities or between buildings.
General Properties
Code Point
U+8856
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
衖
HTML Hex Encoding
衖
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE8 0xA1 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding
0x8856
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00008856
C/C++/Java Escape
\u8856
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
DBC1
kCCCII
232D59
kCNS1986
2-4027
kCNS1992
2-4027
kCangjie
HOTCN
kCantonese
hong6
kCihaiT
1206.502
kDaeJaweon
1573.160
kDefinition
lane; alley
kEACC
232D59
kFanqie
胡絳
kFourCornerCode
2122.1
kHanYu
20832.020
kHanyuPinyin
20832.020:xiàng,lòng
kIICore
CT
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
20832.020
kIRG_GSource
GE-4B78
kIRG_HSource
HB2-DBC1
kIRG_JSource
J1-5C2D
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-7346
kIRG_KSource
K2-5E26
kIRG_TSource
T2-4027
kJapanese
コウ ゴウ ちまた
kJapaneseKun
CHIMATA
kJapaneseOn
KOU
kJis1
6013
kKangXi
1109.150
kMandarin
xiàng
kMatthews
2554
kMojiJoho
MJ023873
kMorohashi
34049
kPhonetic
693
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+15112+144.6.6
kRSUnicode
144.6
kSBGY
345.36
kSMSZD2003Index
215.05 625.10
kTaiwanTelegraph
5893
kTotalStrokes
12
kUnihanCore2020
HMT
kXerox
265:341
kXHC1983
1259.070:xiàng