U+872F "蜯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+872F "蜯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that generally refers to a type of freshwater clam or mussel, often associated with the production of pearls. In classical literature and ancient texts, this character appears as an alternative or variant form of the more common character "蚌," which denotes similar bivalve mollusks. The character is composed of the radical "虫" (insect or creature) on the left, indicating its classification as a living organism, and the phonetic component "奉" on the right. Its usage today is rare in modern standard Chinese, but it may still be encountered in historical documents, calligraphy, or specialized contexts related to zoology or traditional Chinese culture.

General Properties

Code Point	U+872F
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	蜯
HTML Hex Encoding	蜯
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x9C 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding	0x872F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000872F
C/C++/Java Escape	\u872f

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

kCCCII	232A47
kCangjie	LIQKQ
kCantonese	pong5
kCihaiT	1192.301
kDaeJaweon	1554.090
kDefinition	oysters, mussels; mother-of-pearl
kFanqie	步項
kGB5	6547
kGSR	1197g'
kHanYu	42858.070
kHanyuPinyin	42858.070:bàng
kIRGDaeJaweon	1554.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	42858.070
kIRGKangXi	1087.120
kIRG_GSource	G5-614F
kIRG_JSource	J1-5B23
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-71CC
kIRG_TSource	T4-467E
kJapanese	ホウ ボウ ビョウ とぶがい
kJapaneseKun	DOBUGAI
kJapaneseOn	HOU BOU BYOU
kJis1	5903
kKangXi	1087.120
kMandarin	bàng
kMojiJoho	MJ023521
kMorohashi	33178
kPhonetic	411*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+22428+142.6.8
kRSUnicode	142.8
kSBGY	240.15
kSemanticVariant	U+868C<sSoengMou2003:TZ
kSMSZD2003Index	615.13
kTotalStrokes	14
kXHC1983	0035.090:bàng