U+86F0 "蛰" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蛰
U+86F0 "蛰" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese ideograph that primarily conveys the meaning of hibernation or dormant state, specifically referring to animals such as insects or reptiles that hide and become inactive during winter. Its radical is 虫 (chóng, meaning insect or creature), and it is commonly used in the term 惊蛰 (jīngzhé), which designates the third solar term in the traditional Chinese calendar, marking the awakening of hibernating creatures as spring begins. This character can also figuratively imply living in seclusion or lying low, reflecting a sense of temporary withdrawal or stillness in both literal and metaphorical contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+86F0 |
| 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 | 蛰 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蛰 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x9B 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x86F0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000086F0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u86f0 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 292B6E |
| kCangjie | QILMI |
| kCantonese | zat6 |
| kDefinition | to hibernate |
| kEACC | 292B6E |
| kFourCornerCode | 5513 |
| kGB0 | 5361 |
| kHanYu | 42847.080 |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42847.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1083.151 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-555D |
| kTGH | 2013:5073 |
| kKangXi | 1083.151 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5832 |
| kMandarin | zhé |
| kPhonetic | 69* |
| kRSUnicode | 142.6 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "蛰" U+86F0 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 612.13 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 469.130:zhé |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "蛰" U+86F0 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "蟄" U+87C4 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 1464.050:zhé |