U+868C "蚌" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蚌
U+868C "蚌" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of freshwater mollusk, commonly known as a clam or mussel, and is often used in the context of shellfish or pearl-bearing bivalves. In traditional Chinese culture, the character can symbolically represent the idea of hidden treasure or beauty emerging from humble origins, as pearls are formed inside clams. It appears in various compounds and idioms, and its usage extends to literary and poetic texts, where it may denote the shell itself or the creature that produces pearls.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+868C |
| 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 | 蚌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蚌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x9A 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x868C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000868C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u868c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B046 |
| kCCCII | 215655 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-582B |
| kCNS1992 | 1-582B |
| kCangjie | LIQJ |
| kCantonese | pong5 |
| kCihaiT | 1187.101 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1546.180 |
| kDefinition | oysters, mussels; mother-of-pearl |
| kEACC | 215655 |
| kFanqie | 步項 |
| kFenn | 145H |
| kFennIndex | 384.06 397.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5510.0 |
| kGB0 | 1686 |
| kGB1 | 1686 |
| kGSR | 1197d |
| kHangul | 방:0N |
| kHanYu | 42836.050 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42836.050:bàng,pí,fēng,bèng |
| kHKGlyph | 3593 |
| kIICore | AGTHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1546.180 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42836.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1077.210 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3076 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B046 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6953 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DDC5 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5B3D |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-582B |
| kJapanese | ボウ フ ビョウ ホウ どぶがい |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:1898 |
| kJapaneseKun | DOBUGA |
| kJapaneseOn | HOU BOU |
| kJis0 | 7351 |
| kKangXi | 1077.210 |
| kKarlgren | 30 |
| kKorean | PANG |
| kLau | 2556 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5732 |
| kMandarin | bàng |
| kMatthews | 4924 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2473 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023345 MJ023345:E0101 MJ023346:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 32851 32851:E0101 |
| kPhonetic | 407 1096 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6490+142.6.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 142.4 |
| kSBGY | 240.14 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+872F<sSoengMou2003:T |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 609.13 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | bàng粵pong5 bèng粵pong5 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5732 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 011.090:bàng 017.030:bèng |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 256:252 |
| kXHC1983 | 0035.100:bàng 0053.130:bèng |