U+867E "虾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
虾
U+867E "虾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily represents the word for "shrimp" or "prawn" in modern Chinese. It is a simplified form, with its traditional counterpart being 蝦, and it belongs to the radical 虫 (insect or creature), reflecting its association with small aquatic animals. Used frequently in daily language, it appears in terms like 龙虾 (lobster) and 虾米 (dried shrimp), and it holds cultural significance in Chinese cuisine, where shrimp is a popular ingredient symbolizing happiness and vitality, especially during festive occasions like the Lunar New Year.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+867E |
| 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 | 虾 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 虾 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x99 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x867E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000867E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u867e |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 232922 |
| kCangjie | LIMY |
| kCantonese | haa1 |
| kDefinition | shrimp, prawn |
| kEACC | 27567A |
| kFourCornerCode | 5113 |
| kGB0 | 4726 |
| kHanYu | 42834.120 |
| kHanyuPinlu | xiā(46) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42834.120 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1077.111 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4F3A |
| kIRG_HSource | H-8FAF |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5B40 |
| kIRG_TSource | TF-2D3E |
| kTGH | 2013:1498 |
| kKangXi | 1077.111 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5802 |
| kMandarin | xiā |
| kPhonetic | 534 |
| kRSUnicode | 142.3 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "虾" U+867E CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 609.06 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 395.170:xiā |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "虾" U+867E CJK Unified Ideograph-# "蝦" U+8766 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GH |
| kXHC1983 | 0431.030:há 1238.020:xiā |