U+759F "疟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+759F "疟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram used in Chinese writing, notably simplified Chinese, where it represents the concept of malaria or an intermittent fever. This character combines the radical for illness "疒" with a phonetic component, and it is closely related to the traditional character "瘧" from which it derives. In modern usage, "疟" appears in terms like "疟疾" meaning malaria, reflecting its primary medical association as a disease characterized by recurrent chills and fever, historically a significant health concern in many regions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+759F
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	疟
HTML Hex Encoding	疟
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0x96 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding	0x759F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000759F
C/C++/Java Escape	\u759f

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	274C61
kCangjie	KSM
kCantonese	joek6
kDefinition	intermittent fever; malaria
kEACC	274C61
kFourCornerCode	0011
kGB0	3717
kHanYu	42660.030
kIICore	AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	42660.030
kIRGKangXi	0769.221
kIRG_GSource	G0-4531
kTGH	2013:1213
kKangXi	0769.221
kMainlandTelegraph	4061
kMandarin	nüè
kPhonetic	1525
kRSUnicode	104.3
kSMSZD2003Index	444.05
kTGHZ2013	271.020:nüè 428.100:yào
kTotalStrokes	8
kTraditionalVariant	"瘧" U+7627 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	0843.010:nüè 1342.130:yào