U+8734 "蜴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8734 "蜴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents a type of lizard, specifically the "gecko" or "skink," and is commonly used in classical and modern Chinese texts to refer to these reptiles. It is composed of the radical “虫” (insect or reptile) on the left, indicating its biological category, and the phonetic component “易” on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation as “yì.” This character appears in compound terms like “蝘蜓” (a type of lizard) and is also found in traditional Chinese medicine and folklore, where it sometimes symbolizes adaptability or is associated with various cultural beliefs.

General Properties

Code Point U+8734
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 蜴
HTML Hex Encoding 蜴
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0x9C 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8734
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008734
C/C++/Java Escape \u8734

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 BB69
kCCCII 215674
kCNS1986 1-6A71
kCNS1992 1-6A71
kCangjie LIAPH
kCantonese jik6
kCihaiT 1193.210
kDaeJaweon 1554.160
kDefinition lizard
kEACC 215674
kFanqie 羊益
kFourCornerCode 5612.7
kGB0 8270
kGB1 8270
kGSR 0850f
kHangul 척:1N
kHanYu 42862.050
kHanyuPinyin 42862.050:yì,xí
kHKGlyph 3623
kIICore AGTJHM
kIRGDaeJaweon 1554.160
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 42862.050
kIRGKangXi 1087.230
kIRG_GSource G0-7266
kIRG_HSource HB1-BB69
kIRG_JSource J0-696E
kIRG_KPSource KP1-71E0
kIRG_KSource K1-6F2D
kIRG_TSource T1-6A71
kJapanese エキ ヤク セキ シャク
kKoreanName 2015
kTGH 2013:5708
kJapaneseKun TOKAGE
kJapaneseOn EKI YAKU SEKI
kJis0 7378
kKangXi 1087.230
kKarlgren 195
kKorean CHEK
kMainlandTelegraph 5785
kMandarin
kMatthews 3036
kMeyerWempe 3905j
kMojiJoho MJ023526
kMorohashi 33190
kNelson 4152
kPhonetic 1559
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+6517+142.6.8
kRSUnicode 142.8
kSBGY 517.21
kSMSZD2003Index 615.04
kSMSZD2003Readings yì粵jik6
kTaiwanTelegraph 5785
kTGHZ2013 435.140:yì
kTotalStrokes 14
kUnihanCore2020 GHJMT
kXerox 266:253
kXHC1983 1369.050:yì