U+72F4 "狴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+72F4 "狴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that traditionally refers to a mythical beast known as the *bi'an*, often depicted as a fierce, tiger-like creature in Chinese folklore. In ancient mythology, the *bi'an* is said to possess a strong sense of justice and is commonly associated with prisons and legal authority, frequently appearing as a decorative motif on prison gates or as a symbol of impartial judgment. The character itself combines the radical for "dog" or "beast" on the left with a phonetic component on the right, reflecting its zoological and symbolic roots in classical texts. As a relatively rare character in modern usage, "狴" primarily appears in historical, literary, or cultural contexts related to Chinese mythology and traditional legal symbolism.

General Properties

Code Point	U+72F4
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	狴
HTML Hex Encoding	狴
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0x8B 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding	0x72F4
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000072F4
C/C++/Java Escape	\u72f4

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	D2A5
kCCCII	225724
kCNS1986	2-3066
kCNS1992	2-3066
kCangjie	KHPPG
kCantonese	bai6
kCihaiT	876.103
kDaeJaweon	1123.130
kDefinition	a kind of tapir; a fierce beast depicted on the door of prisons
kEACC	225724
kFanqie	邊兮
kFourCornerCode	4121.4
kGB0	6589
kGB1	6589
kHangul	폐:1N
kHanYu	21348.070
kHanyuPinyin	21348.070:bì
kIRGDaeJaweon	1123.130
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	21348.070
kIRGKangXi	0711.130
kIRG_GSource	G0-6179
kIRG_HSource	HB2-D2A5
kIRG_JSource	J1-4A7C
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-57E3
kIRG_KSource	K1-7235
kIRG_TSource	T2-3066
kJapanese	ヘイ ベイ
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:7035
kJapaneseOn	HEI HAI BAI
kJis1	4292
kKangXi	0711.130
kKorean	PHYEY
kMainlandTelegraph	3705
kMandarin	bì
kMatthews	5080
kMeyerWempe	2267d
kMojiJoho	MJ016955
kMorohashi	20410
kPhonetic	1030A
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+19533+94.3.7
kRSUnicode	94.7
kSBGY	088.64
kSMSZD2003Index	417.03
kSMSZD2003Readings	bì粵bai6
kTaiwanTelegraph	3705
kTGHZ2013	019.050:bì
kTotalStrokes	10
kUnihanCore2020	GHMT
kXerox	304:261
kXHC1983	0060.180:bì