U+4DDA "䷚" Hexagram for Mouth Corners Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
䷚
U+4DDA "䷚" Hexagram for Mouth Corners is a symbolic glyph from the I Ching, representing the twenty-seventh hexagram known as Yi, or The Corners of the Mouth, which fundamentally signifies nourishment and the sustenance of life through mindful speech and healthy consumption. This hexagram visually resembles an open mouth, with a broken line above and below representing the lips, and solid lines within symbolizing the teeth, urging attention to how one takes in physical food as well as ideas and words. Its presence in the Unicode standard allows this ancient Chinese divinatory symbol to be used in digital text for discussions of philosophy, personal development, and holistic well being.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+4DDA |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Hexagram for Mouth Corners |
| Block | Yijing Hexagram Symbols |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ䷚ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ䷚ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE4 0xB7 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x4DDA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00004DDA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u4dda |
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 | Alphabetic |
| East Asian Width | Wide |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |