U+8738 "蜸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蜸
U+8738 "蜸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Hanzi) used in traditional and simplified writing, and it is pronounced "qiǎn" in Mandarin. This ideograph originates from ancient Chinese script and is composed of the radical for "insect" or "worm" (虫) combined with a phonetic component, and it primarily refers to the earthworm (蚯蚓), a meaning also shared with the related character "蚬." Its usage appears in classical Chinese texts and dictionaries, though it is not commonly encountered in modern everyday writing. The character's structure and historical etymology highlight the logographic nature of the Chinese writing system, where semantic and phonetic elements merge to convey specific meanings.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8738 |
| 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 | 蜸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蜸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x9C 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8738 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008738 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8738 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | E3F0 |
| kCCCII | 25394B |
| kCNS1986 | 2-4D77 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-4D77 |
| kCangjie | SELMI |
| kCantonese | hin2 |
| kCihaiT | 1193.301 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1554.210 |
| kFanqie | 牽繭 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7713.6 |
| kGB5 | 6477 |
| kHanYu | 42860.080 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42860.080:qiǎn |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1554.210 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42860.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1087.330 |
| kIRG_GSource | G5-606D |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-E3F0 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-023532 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-71B1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5C3E |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-4D77 |
| kJapanese | ケン |
| kKangXi | 1087.330 |
| kMandarin | qiǎn |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023532 |
| kMorohashi | 33200 |
| kRSUnicode | 142.8 |
| kSBGY | 290.19 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "𰲮" U+30CAE CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |