U+872E "蜮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+872E "蜮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character representing a mythical creature often described as a venomous, toad-like or turtle-shaped water monster in ancient Chinese folklore, believed to spit sand or spray venom from the water to harm humans, typically by casting shadows or causing illness. It is also associated with the concept of hidden malice or treachery, and the term "鬼蜮" (guǐ yù) derived from it refers to insidious, underhanded evil forces. In modern usage, this character appears primarily in classical texts, literary references, and discussions of Chinese mythology, rather than in everyday language.

General Properties

Code Point U+872E
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 蜮
HTML Hex Encoding 蜮
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0x9C 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding 0x872E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000872E
C/C++/Java Escape \u872e

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

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kIRG_TSource T2-4D61
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kMatthews 7680
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kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+19758+142.6.8
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kTaiwanTelegraph 5790
kTGHZ2013 450.010:yù
kTotalStrokes 14
kUnihanCore2020 GHMT
kXerox 300:317
kXHC1983 1415.070:yù