U+86FB "蛻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

蛻

U+86FB "蛻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram used in various East Asian writing systems, primarily in traditional Chinese (as 蛻) and Japanese (as 蛻, where it is a hyōgaiji or extended character). It is commonly defined as meaning to slough, to molt, to exuviate, or to shed a shell or skin, often referring specifically to the process by which insects, snakes, or other arthropods cast off their outer layer. The character also carries extended figurative meanings such as transformation, release, or escape, and is frequently found in classical texts and in the context of biological terminology. In modern standard Chinese, this character is simplified to 蜕, though the original form 蛻 remains in use in traditional communities and certain literary contexts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+86FB
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	蛻
HTML Hex Encoding	蛻
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x9B 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding	0x86FB
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000086FB
C/C++/Java Escape	\u86fb

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	B8C0
kCCCII	215666
kCNS1986	1-6647
kCNS1992	1-6647
kCangjie	LICRU
kCantonese	teoi3
kCihaiT	1191.302
kDaeJaweon	1551.150
kDefinition	molt, exuviate, shed
kEACC	215666
kFanqie	舒芮他外湯卧弋雪
kFourCornerCode	5811.6
kGSR	0324e
kHangul	세:1N
kHanYu	42857.111
kHKGlyph	3608
kIICore	ATHM
kIRGDaeJaweon	1551.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	42857.111
kIRGKangXi	1083.270
kIRG_GSource	GE-4B30
kIRG_HSource	HB1-B8C0
kIRG_JSource	J0-6968
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-71AE
kIRG_KSource	K1-6463
kIRG_TSource	T1-6647
kJapanese	ゼイタイタセツエツセイセテぬけがらもぬける
kKoreanName	2015
kJapaneseKun	NUKEGARA
kJapaneseOn	ZEI SEI TAI
kJis0	7372
kKangXi	1083.270
kKorean	SEY
kMandarin	tuì
kMatthews	5928
kMeyerWempe	3578a
kMojiJoho	MJ023462 MJ023462:E0101 MJ023463:E0102
kMorohashi	33078 33078:E0101
kPhonetic	1392*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+6511+142.6.7
kRSUnicode	142.7
kSBGY	376.27 383.18 420.29 498.38
kSimplifiedVariant	"蜕" U+8715 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kTotalStrokes	13
kUnihanCore2020	HJMT
kXerox	265:373
kZVariant	U+8715