U+86C9 "蛉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蛉
U+86C9 "蛉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character representing a type of insect, most commonly translated as "dragonfly" or referring to certain narrow-bodied insects like the "damselfly" when used in the compound word 蜻蛉 (qīnglíng). It also appears in the term 白蛉 (báilíng), meaning sandfly, a small biting fly known for transmitting diseases. The character belongs to the insect radical 虫, and its usage is primarily found in classical and modern Chinese literature to denote these slender, often aquatic or flying insects.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+86C9 |
| 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 | 蛉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蛉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x9B 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x86C9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000086C9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u86c9 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B34D |
| kCCCII | 232962 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5D33 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5D33 |
| kCangjie | LIOII |
| kCantonese | ling4 |
| kCihaiT | 1188.401 |
| kCowles | 2369 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1549.030 |
| kDefinition | dragonfly, Libellulidae; lacewing |
| kEACC | 4D2962 |
| kFanqie | 郎丁 |
| kFenn | 438E |
| kFennIndex | 311.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5813.7 |
| kGB0 | 8240 |
| kGB1 | 8240 |
| kGSR | 0823p |
| kHangul | 령:1N |
| kHanYu | 42844.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42844.090:líng |
| kIICore | AGTJ |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1549.030 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42844.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1080.250 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-7248 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B34D |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6959 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-714B |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-5E64 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5D33 |
| kJapanese | レイ リョウ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:4839 |
| kJapaneseOn | REI RYOU |
| kJis0 | 7357 |
| kKangXi | 1080.250 |
| kKorean | LYENG |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5749 |
| kMandarin | líng |
| kMatthews | 4054 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1586 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023410 |
| kMorohashi | 32969 |
| kNelson | 4124 |
| kPhonetic | 812 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6496+142.6.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 142.5 |
| kSBGY | 195.35 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 611.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | líng粵ling4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5749 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 226.190:líng |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kXerox | 277:071 |
| kXHC1983 | 0720.070:líng |