U+72F0 "狰" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+72F0 "狰" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in classical and literary contexts, most famously as part of the compound word "狰狞" (zhēngníng), which describes a ferocious, grim, or terrifying facial expression or appearance. Composed of the radical 犭 (quǎn), meaning "dog" or "beast," and the phonetic component 争 (zhēng), the character itself evokes the qualities of a wild, savage beast. It is rarely used alone in modern Mandarin but remains a key element in describing villainous or monstrous features in literature and folklore.

General Properties

Code Point	U+72F0
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	狰
HTML Hex Encoding	狰
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0x8B 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding	0x72F0
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000072F0
C/C++/Java Escape	\u72f0

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

kCangjie	KHNSD
kCantonese	zang1
kDefinition	fierce-looking, ferocious
kEACC	4B4A78
kFourCornerCode	4725
kGB0	5388
kGB1	5388
kHanYu	21345.080
kHanyuPinyin	21345.080:zhēng
kIICore	AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	21345.080
kIRGKangXi	0711.101
kIRG_GSource	G0-5578
kTGH	2013:1603
kKangXi	0711.101
kMainlandTelegraph	3717
kMandarin	zhēng
kPhonetic	32*
kRSUnicode	94.6
kTGHZ2013	473.070:zhēng
kTotalStrokes	9
kTraditionalVariant	"猙" U+7319 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	1472.100:zhēng