U+8689 "蚉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蚉
U+8689 "蚉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rarely used Chinese character that is composed of the radical for insect or worm, 虫, combined with a phonetic component. It is primarily an alternative or variant form of the more common character 蚊, which means mosquito. In classical texts and certain specialized contexts, this variant appears with the same pronunciation and meaning, referring to the small flying insect known for biting and spreading disease. However, in modern standard Chinese usage, it is largely obsolete and not found in common dictionaries or everyday writing, making it a historical or typographical curiosity rather than an active part of the contemporary lexicon.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8689 |
| 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 | 蚉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蚉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x9A 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8689 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008689 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8689 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 23292B |
| kCNS1986 | E-336C |
| kCNS1992 | 3-336C |
| kCangjie | YKLMI |
| kCantonese | man1 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1546.160 |
| kDefinition | (variant of 蚊) a mosquito, gnat |
| kGB5 | 4889 |
| kGSR | 0475k |
| kHanYu | 42840.090 |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1546.160 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42840.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1077.170 |
| kIRG_GSource | G5-5079 |
| kIRG_JSource | J4-773F |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-7122 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-336C |
| kJapanese | ブン か |
| kJIS0213 | 2,87,31 |
| kJapaneseKun | KA |
| kJapaneseOn | BUN |
| kKangXi | 1077.170 |
| kMandarin | wén |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023339 MJ023339:E0101 MJ023340:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 32848 32848:E0101 |
| kNelson | 2069 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+18580+67.4.6 C+18580+142.6.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 142.4 |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |