U+733C "猼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+733C "猼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character that typically refers to a type of mythical or legendary creature, often described in classical texts as a beast resembling a tiger with a human face or as a kind of wild animal associated with ancient folklore. Its components include the radical for dog or beast (犭) and the phonetic element "尃" (pū or fù), suggesting a pronunciation reconstructed as *bók* or similar in Middle Chinese. While not commonly used in modern standard Chinese, it appears in historical dictionaries and literary references, such as in the *Shanhaijing* (Classic of Mountains and Seas), where it denotes a supernatural being. The character thus carries connotations of antiquity, myth, and the esoteric nature of archaic Chinese writing.

General Properties

Code Point U+733C
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 猼
HTML Hex Encoding 猼
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE7 0x8C 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0x733C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000733C
C/C++/Java Escape \u733c

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 DEAA
kCCCII 22575D
kCNS1986 2-446E
kCNS1992 2-446E
kCangjie MGDMQ
kCantonese bok3
kCihaiT 878.504
kDaeJaweon 1128.050
kFanqie 補各
kFourCornerCode 4324.6
kGB3 3650
kHanYu 21362.060
kHanyuPinyin 21362.060:bó,pò
kIRGDaeJaweon 1128.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 21362.060
kIRGKangXi 0716.130
kIRG_GSource G3-4452
kIRG_HSource HB2-DEAA
kIRG_JSource JMJ-017032
kIRG_KPSource KP1-5830
kIRG_KSource K2-4728
kIRG_TSource T2-446E
kJapanese ハク ホク
kKangXi 0716.130
kMandarin
kMojiJoho MJ017032
kMorohashi 20578
kPhonetic 381*
kRSUnicode 94.10
kSBGY 508.42
kTotalStrokes 13
kUnihanCore2020 HMT