U+72DD "狝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+72DD "狝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in classical and literary contexts, representing the concept of "autumn hunting" or "to hunt in autumn," specifically referring to the seasonal practice of pursuing game during the fall. It is composed of the radical 犭 (dog or animal) on the left, which signifies its association with hunting or beasts, and the phonetic component 尔 on the right. This character is not commonly used in modern Chinese, where 狩 or 猎 are more frequent for general hunting terms, but it appears in historical texts and poetry to evoke the ancient ritual of autumn hunts, which were often tied to imperial or noble traditions. Its usage remains limited to specialized or classical references, preserving a link to older linguistic and cultural practices.

General Properties

Code Point U+72DD
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 狝
HTML Hex Encoding 狝
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE7 0x8B 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding 0x72DD
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000072DD
C/C++/Java Escape \u72dd

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 28582D
kCangjie KHNF
kCantonese sin2
kDefinition hunt; autumn hunting; to capture with a fine net
kFourCornerCode 4729.2
kGB8 9213
kHanYu 21341.041
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 21341.041
kIRGKangXi 0709.181
kIRG_GSource G8-7C2D
kIRG_TSource T6-2C7E
kTGH 2013:6713
kJapaneseOn SEN
kKangXi 0709.181
kMainlandTelegraph 3751
kMandarin xiǎn
kPhonetic 1547*
kRSUnicode 94.5
kSMSZD2003Index 416.04
kTGHZ2013 398.140:xiǎn
kTotalStrokes 8
kTraditionalVariant "獮" U+736E CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020 G
kXHC1983 1250.010:xiǎn