U+86C7 "蛇" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+86C7 "蛇" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram representing the concept of a snake or serpent, widely used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems. Its composition combines the radical "虫" (insect or reptile) with the phonetic component "它" (ta, meaning "other"), reflecting its classification as a crawling creature. In Chinese culture, 蛇 carries symbolic weight, often associated with wisdom, transformation, and danger, and it is one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac. The character also features in various idioms and traditional medical terms, highlighting its deep integration into East Asian language and thought.

General Properties

Code Point U+86C7
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 蛇
HTML Hex Encoding 蛇
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0x9B 0x87
UTF-16 Encoding 0x86C7
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000086C7
C/C++/Java Escape \u86c7

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Han
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes
Unified Ideograph Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive B344
kCCCII 215658
kCNS1986 1-5D2A
kCNS1992 1-5D2A
kCangjie LIJP
kCantonese se4
kCihaiT 1188.105
kCowles 3874
kDaeJaweon 1548.360
kDefinition snake
kEACC 215658
kFanqie 弋支 託何 食遮
kFenn 322D
kFennIndex 441.06
kFourCornerCode 5311.1
kGB0 4163
kGB1 4163
kGradeLevel 2
kGSR 0004l
kHangul 사:0E
kHanYu 42845.080
kHanyuPinlu shé(68)
kHanyuPinyin 42845.080:shé,yí,tuó,chí
kHKGlyph 3595
kIICore AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon 1548.360
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 42845.080
kIRGKangXi 1080.200
kIRG_GSource G0-495F
kIRG_HSource HB1-B344
kIRG_JSource J0-3C58
kIRG_KPSource KP0-E0F4
kIRG_KSource K0-5E6F
kIRG_TSource T1-5D2A
kIRG_VSource V1-657D
kJapanese ジャ ダ タ シャ チ イ ヤ ジ へび
kJoyoKanji 2010
kKoreanEducationHanja 2007
kTGH 2013:2280
kJapaneseKun HEBI
kJapaneseOn JA I DA
kJis0 2856
kKangXi 1080.200
kKorean SA I
kLau 2711
kMainlandTelegraph 5748
kMandarin shé
kMatthews 5698
kMeyerWempe 2662
kMojiJoho MJ023408
kMorohashi 32964
kNelson 4130
kPhonetic 1368
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+2308+142.6.5
kRSUnicode 142.5
kSBGY 041.42 160.47 165.34
kSMSZD2003Index 611.04
kSMSZD2003Readings shé粵se4 yí粵ji4
kTaiwanTelegraph 5748
kTang *jhia tɑ
kTGHZ2013 328.190:shé
kTotalStrokes 11
kUnihanCore2020 GHJKMPT
kVietnamese
kXerox 250:125
kXHC1983 1010.080:shé 1360.140:yí