U+86BA "蚺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蚺
U+86BA "蚺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used primarily in traditional and classical texts, where it refers to a type of large snake, often specifically the python or boa, and is also known as the "python" or "boaconstrictor" in zoological contexts. Composed of the radical for insect or reptile and a phonetic component, this character appears in historical literature and modern dictionaries to denote these constrictor snakes. Its usage extends to poetic or metaphorical descriptions in East Asian cultural works, though it is less common in everyday contemporary writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+86BA |
| 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 | 蚺 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蚺 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x9A 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x86BA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000086BA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u86ba |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | D7A4 |
| kCCCII | 232958 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-3927 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-3927 |
| kCangjie | LIGB |
| kCantonese | jim4 |
| kCihaiT | 1189.108 |
| kCowles | 1321 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1548.120 |
| kDefinition | a boa constrictor |
| kEACC | 232958 |
| kFanqie | 汝鹽 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5515.7 |
| kGB0 | 8237 |
| kGB1 | 8237 |
| kHanYu | 42843.010 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42843.010:rán,tiàn |
| kIICore | CH |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1548.120 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42843.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1079.280 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-7245 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-D7A4 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-023395 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5B61 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-3927 |
| kJapanese | ゼン |
| kTGH | 2013:7167 |
| kKangXi | 1079.280 |
| kMandarin | rán |
| kMatthews | 3069 |
| kMeyerWempe | 878 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023395 |
| kMorohashi | 32931 |
| kRSUnicode | 142.5 |
| kSBGY | 227.02 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+86A6<kMatthews,kCowles |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 611.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | rán粵jim4 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 312.010:rán |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 321:116 |
| kXHC1983 | 0954.020:rán |