U+86D3 "蛓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

蛓

U+86D3 "蛓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character classified under the Kangxi radical 142 for insects, containing 12 strokes with a right-downward enclosed structure. Pronounced as "cì" in Mandarin, its primary meaning refers to a type of moth or caterpillar, specifically the larva of the tiger moth that is covered in stinging hairs, often associated with causing irritation or stinging on human skin. In historical texts, the character also carries an extended meaning of "thorny" or "prickly," reflecting the defensive nature of the insect it represents. It appears in traditional Chinese literature as a descriptive term for noxious or venomous caterpillars.

General Properties

Code Point	U+86D3
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	蛓
HTML Hex Encoding	蛓
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x9B 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0x86D3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000086D3
C/C++/Java Escape	\u86d3

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	DBB4
kCCCII	232970
kCNS1986	2-3F78
kCNS1992	2-3F78
kCangjie	JILMI
kCantonese	ci3
kCheungBauer	142/06;JILMI;zi1
kCheungBauerIndex	458.03
kCihaiT	1189.502
kCowles	4661
kDaeJaweon	1549.150
kDefinition	caterpillar; (Cant.) a nit, louse; itching
kFanqie	七賜七吏
kFourCornerCode	4315.0
kGB5	4015
kHanYu	42847.060
kHanyuPinyin	42847.060:cì
kIRGDaeJaweon	1549.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	42847.060
kIRGKangXi	1081.150
kIRG_GSource	G5-482F
kIRG_HSource	HB2-DBB4
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-023419
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-7176
kIRG_KSource	K2-5B6F
kIRG_TSource	T2-3F78
kJapanese	シ
kKangXi	1081.150
kMandarin	cì
kMeyerWempe	3527
kMojiJoho	MJ023419
kMorohashi	32988
kRSUnicode	142.6
kSBGY	347.34 356.38
kSemanticVariant	U+8786<kMeyerWempe
kTaiwanTelegraph	9144
kTotalStrokes	12
kUnihanCore2020	HMT
kXerox	313:314