U+72D8 "狘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

狘

U+72D8 "狘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and obscure Chinese character that falls under the radical for dog or animal (犭). It is primarily a historical or archaic glyph, with its exact meaning and usage in classical texts remaining somewhat unclear or limited to specialized linguistic contexts. The character is not commonly used in modern Chinese, Japanese, or Korean writing systems, and its definition is often cited as uncertain or tied to specific ancient references, such as a type of legendary beast or a phonetic loan in old literature.

General Properties

Code Point	U+72D8
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	狘
HTML Hex Encoding	狘
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0x8B 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding	0x72D8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000072D8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u72d8

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	CD5E
kCCCII	225666
kCNS1986	2-277E
kCNS1992	2-277E
kCangjie	KHIV
kCantonese	hyut3
kCihaiT	874.602
kDaeJaweon	1122.010
kDefinition	jump
kFanqie	許月
kFourCornerCode	4325.0
kGB3	3590
kGSR	0303f
kHanYu	21339.060
kHanyuPinyin	21339.060:xuè
kIRGDaeJaweon	1122.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	21339.060
kIRGKangXi	0709.130
kIRG_GSource	G3-437A
kIRG_HSource	HB2-CD5E
kIRG_JSource	J1-4A78
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-57BE
kIRG_KSource	K2-4656
kIRG_TSource	T2-277E
kJapanese	ケツカチ
kJapaneseOn	KETSU KACHI
kJis1	4288
kKangXi	0709.130
kMandarin	xuè
kMojiJoho	MJ016933
kMorohashi	20346
kPhonetic	1637
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+21962+94.3.5
kRSUnicode	94.5
kSBGY	479.16
kTaiwanTelegraph	8735
kTotalStrokes	8
kUnihanCore2020	HMT
kXerox	312:121