U+4E74 "乴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+4E74 "乴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rarely used Chinese character classified under the Kangxi radical 4 (丿) with seven additional strokes, totaling eight strokes overall. This character is not a standard component of modern common writing but appears in historical or specialized contexts, typically as part of names, classical texts, or technical lexicons where its precise meaning can vary. In certain historical dictionaries, it has been associated with notions of twisting, turning, or manipulating, though its exact definition and usage remain obscure due to its rarity and lack of frequent documentation in contemporary Chinese or Japanese scripts. Its presence in the Unicode standard ensures that this obscure glyph is preserved for digital representation and research purposes.

General Properties

Code Point U+4E74
Version Added 1.1
Name CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 乴
HTML Hex Encoding 乴
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE4 0xB9 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding 0x4E74
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00004E74
C/C++/Java Escape \u4e74

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 Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Han
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes
Unified Ideograph Yes

Unihan Properties

kCCCII 236156
kCangjie QLN
kCantonese zyut6
kDaeJaweon 0171.230
kHanYu 10054.010
kHanyuPinyin 10054.010:xué
kIRGDaeJaweon 0171.230
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 10054.010
kIRGKangXi 0084.180
kIRG_GSource GE-3035
kIRG_JSource J1-3039
kIRG_TSource T4-2531
kJapanese セツ ゼチ
kJapaneseKun HINERU
kJapaneseOn SETSU ZECHI
kJis1 1625
kKangXi 0084.180
kMandarin xué
kMojiJoho MJ006418
kMorohashi 00191
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+21079+5.1.7
kRSUnicode 5.7
kTotalStrokes 8