U+72D6 "狖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

狖

U+72D6 "狖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of mythical or legendary black ape or monkey, often depicted with a long tail and associated with ancient folklore. It is composed of the radical for dog or animal on the left and a phonetic component on the right, which together suggest its zoological or mythical classification. The character appears in classical Chinese texts and poetry, where it is used to evoke wild, untamed creatures from remote mountain regions, and it is distinct from more common animal characters due to its rare and archaic usage. In modern contexts, it is seldom used in everyday writing but retains significance in specialized literature and historical studies of Chinese script.

General Properties

Code Point	U+72D6
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	狖
HTML Hex Encoding	狖
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0x8B 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding	0x72D6
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000072D6
C/C++/Java Escape	\u72d6

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

kBigFive	CD5C
kCCCII	225660
kCNS1986	2-277C
kCNS1992	2-277C
kCangjie	KHJC
kCantonese	jau6
kCihaiT	875.404
kDaeJaweon	1121.210
kDefinition	a gibbon with a long tail and prominent nose
kEACC	225660
kFanqie	余救
kFourCornerCode	4328.2
kGB3	3603
kGSR	1246c
kHanYu	21342.010
kHanyuPinyin	21342.010:yòu
kIRGDaeJaweon	1121.210
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	21342.010
kIRGKangXi	0709.110
kIRG_GSource	G3-4423
kIRG_HSource	HB2-CD5C
kIRG_JSource	J1-4A77
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-57BC
kIRG_KSource	K2-4655
kIRG_TSource	T2-277C
kJapanese	ユウユ
kJapaneseOn	YUU YU
kJis1	4287
kKangXi	0709.110
kMandarin	yòu
kMojiJoho	MJ016931
kMorohashi	20344
kPhonetic	1636
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+21961+94.3.5 C+21961+116.5.3
kRSUnicode	94.5
kSBGY	436.52
kSMSZD2003Index	415.14
kSMSZD2003Readings	yòu粵jau6
kTang	iòu
kTotalStrokes	8
kUnihanCore2020	HMT
kXHC1983	1405.100:yòu