U+873A "蜺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蜺
U+873A "蜺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) used primarily in classical and literary contexts, where it refers to a type of mythological rainbow serpent or dragon often associated with rainbows or auspicious omens in ancient Chinese lore. In some usages, it can also denote a caterpillar or insect larva, though its more common literary meaning ties it to celestial or serpentine imagery. The character itself consists of the radical for "insect" (虫) combined with the phonetic component "兒" (ér), reflecting its zoological and mythical origins. While not frequently used in modern Mandarin, it appears in classical texts and poetry, adding a layer of archaic or poetic depth to the written language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+873A |
| 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 | 蜺 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蜺 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x9C 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x873A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000873A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u873a |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | E3EA |
| kCCCII | 232A63 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-4D71 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-4D71 |
| kCangjie | LIHXU |
| kCantonese | ngai4 |
| kCihaiT | 1192.305 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1554.230 |
| kDefinition | reflection of rainbow |
| kEACC | 2D5F63 |
| kFanqie | 五稽 五結 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5711.7 |
| kGSR | 0873n |
| kHangul | 예:1N |
| kHanYu | 42863.050 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42863.050:ní |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1554.230 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42863.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1087.350 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-4B3A |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-E3EA |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-775A |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-71EC |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-677D |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-4D71 |
| kJapanese | ゲイ ゲツ ゲチ にじ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,87,58 |
| kJapaneseKun | TSUKUTSUKUBOUSHI |
| kJapaneseOn | GEI GETSU GECHI |
| kJis1 | 5907 |
| kKangXi | 1087.350 |
| kKorean | YEY |
| kMandarin | ní |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023535 |
| kMorohashi | 33202 |
| kPhonetic | 1544 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+18601+142.6.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 142.8 |
| kSBGY | 089.46 494.44 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5783 |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kXerox | 306:252 |
| kXHC1983 | 0826.071,0826.090:ní |