Consequently, the Chinese name for Gamma Ceti itself is 天囷八 Tiān Qūn bā ('the Eighth Star of Circular Celestial Granary').

The primary component of this pair (A) is an A-type main sequence star with a stellar classification of A3 V and a visual magnitude of 3.6.

[3] It shares a common proper motion with A and is at a very similar distance,[20][18] but is separated from the close pair by over 20,000 au.

[24] Gamma Ceti is about 300 million years old,[25] and it appears to be a member of the stream of stars loosely associated with the Ursa Major Moving Group.

[26] The primary has been examined for an excess of infrared emission that would suggest the presence of circumstellar matter, but none was found.