U+8733 "蜳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+8733 "蜳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that appears in ancient texts and represents a type of insect, specifically a kind of worm or grub, though its precise modern usage is rare and often limited to historical or literary contexts. This character is composed of the radical "虫" (insect) on the left, combined with the phonetic component "敦" on the right, which can imply meanings related to solidity or bluntness. In classical Chinese literature, such as in the works of Zhuangzi, "蜳" appears in the term "蜳螏" to describe a mythical or obscure creature, but it is not commonly used in everyday modern Mandarin. As a result, it remains a specialized glyph within the CJK Unified Ideographs block, primarily of interest to etymologists, sinologists, and enthusiasts of archaic scripts.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
蜳 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
蜳 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE8 0x9C 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x8733 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00008733 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u8733 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
E3D5 |
| kCCCII |
232A40 |
| kCNS1986 |
2-4D5C |
| kCNS1992 |
2-4D5C |
| kCangjie |
LIYRD |
| kCantonese |
deon1 |
| kCihaiT |
1192.602 |
| kDaeJaweon |
1554.140 |
| kFourCornerCode |
5014.7 |
| kGB5 |
6562 |
| kGSR |
0464o |
| kHanYu |
42865.080 |
| kHanyuPinyin |
42865.080:dūn,tūn |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
1554.140 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
42865.080 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1087.200 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G5-615E |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB2-E3D5 |
| kIRG_JSource |
JMJ-023525 |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP1-71C0 |
| kIRG_KSource |
K2-5C3D |
| kIRG_TSource |
T2-4D5C |
| kJapanese |
トン テン イン ジュン |
| kKangXi |
1087.200 |
| kMandarin |
dūn |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ023525 |
| kMorohashi |
33187 |
| kPhonetic |
316 |
| kRSUnicode |
142.8 |
| kTotalStrokes |
14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
HMT |