U+86A8 "蚨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蚨
U+86A8 "蚨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that historically refers to a type of insect, but it is most commonly known in classical Chinese texts as a term for a kind of mythical coin-laying creature, specifically the "money beetle" or "qianbei." In ancient lore, the "qingfu" or "money beetle" was believed to bring wealth, and the character "蚨" thus carries connotations of monetary prosperity and fortune. Due to this association, it appears in various traditional idioms and literary references related to money and good luck, and it is also used in modern contexts as a component in certain brand names or decorative motifs emphasizing wealth.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+86A8 |
| 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 | 蚨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蚨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x9A 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x86A8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000086A8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u86a8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | D3BA |
| kCCCII | 23292F |
| kCNS1986 | 2-325C |
| kCNS1992 | 2-325C |
| kCangjie | LIQO |
| kCantonese | fu4 |
| kCihaiT | 1187.601 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1547.240 |
| kDefinition | water-beetle; cash |
| kEACC | 23292F |
| kFanqie | 防無 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5513.0 |
| kGB0 | 8222 |
| kGB1 | 8222 |
| kHangul | 부:1N |
| kHanYu | 42836.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42836.090:fú |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1547.240 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42836.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1078.260 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-7236 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-D3BA |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-7744 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-7128 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-6244 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-325C |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6579 |
| kJapanese | フ ブ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:4507 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,87,36 |
| kJapaneseOn | FU BU |
| kJis1 | 5853 |
| kKangXi | 1078.260 |
| kKarlgren | 41 |
| kKorean | PWU |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5738 |
| kMandarin | fú |
| kMatthews | 1912 |
| kMeyerWempe | 563c |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023376 |
| kMorohashi | 32900 |
| kPhonetic | 380 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+15088+142.6.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 142.4 |
| kSBGY | 078.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 610.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | fú粵fu4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5738 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 100.260:fú |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kVietnamese | phù |
| kXerox | 275:137 |
| kXHC1983 | 0335.010:fú |