U+8718 "蜘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蜘
U+8718 "蜘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) unified ideographs block, representing a logogram used primarily in written Chinese and occasionally in Japanese and Korean contexts. This character specifically means "spider" and is often found in compounds like 蜘蛛 (zhīzhū), the standard Mandarin word for spider, while in Japanese it appears in terms like 蜘蛛 (kumo) with the same meaning. Its visual composition includes the radical 虫 (insect or creature) on the left side, reflecting its biological association with arachnids, and a phonetic component on the right that contributes to its pronunciation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8718 |
| 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 | 蜘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蜘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x9C 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8718 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008718 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8718 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BB6A |
| kCCCII | 215675 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6A72 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6A72 |
| kCangjie | LIOKR |
| kCantonese | zi1 |
| kCihaiT | 1193.101 |
| kCowles | 210 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1552.240 |
| kDefinition | spider |
| kEACC | 215675 |
| kFanqie | 陟移 |
| kFenn | 475G |
| kFennIndex | 66.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5610.0 |
| kGB0 | 5409 |
| kGB1 | 5409 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kGSR | 0863d |
| kHangul | 지:0N |
| kHanYu | 42862.150 |
| kHanyuPinlu | zhī(34) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42862.150:zhī |
| kHKGlyph | 3624 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1552.240 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42862.150 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1085.270 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5629 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BB6A |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4358 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-EAEC |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-723B |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6A72 |
| kJapanese | チ くも |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3108 |
| kJapaneseKun | KUMO |
| kJapaneseOn | CHI |
| kJis0 | 3556 |
| kKangXi | 1085.270 |
| kKorean | CI |
| kLau | 1422 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5776 |
| kMandarin | zhī |
| kMatthews | 934 |
| kMeyerWempe | 231 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023496 |
| kMorohashi | 33134 |
| kNelson | 4158 |
| kPhonetic | 133 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2966+142.6.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 142.8 |
| kSBGY | 049.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 614.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhī粵zi1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5776 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 475.200:zhī |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 255:153 |
| kXHC1983 | 1482.020:zhī |