U+873E "蜾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+873E "蜾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of parasitic wasp, specifically the solitary wasp from the family Eumenidae, often known in classical texts as the "guo" wasp. This ideograph is composed of the radical for insect (虫) on the left and the phonetic component "果" on the right, reflecting its biological classification. In ancient Chinese literature, such as the Erya and medicinal texts, "蜾" is notably mentioned in reference to the "guolu" (蜾蠃), a wasp that is observed to capture and paralyze caterpillars to provision its nest, a behavior that was historically misunderstood as the wasp transforming other insects into its own offspring. Thus, the character carries both a precise entomological meaning and a cultural association with ancient natural philosophy.

General Properties

Code Point	U+873E
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	蜾
HTML Hex Encoding	蜾
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x9C 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding	0x873E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000873E
C/C++/Java Escape	\u873e

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	E3E2
kCCCII	232A57
kCNS1986	2-4D69
kCNS1992	2-4D69
kCangjie	LIWD
kCantonese	gwo2
kCihaiT	1192.606
kDaeJaweon	1554.270
kDefinition	the solitary wasp
kEACC	232A57
kFanqie	古火
kFourCornerCode	5619.4
kGB0	8268
kGB1	8268
kGSR	0351c
kHanYu	42862.010
kHanyuPinyin	42862.010:guǒ,luǒ
kIICore	CT
kIRGDaeJaweon	1554.270
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	42862.010
kIRGKangXi	1088.060
kIRG_GSource	G0-7264
kIRG_HSource	HB2-E3E2
kIRG_JSource	J14-775B
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-71BA
kIRG_KSource	K2-5C42
kIRG_TSource	T2-4D69
kJapanese	カ ラ じがばち
kTGH	2013:7674
kJIS0213	2,87,59
kJapaneseKun	JIGABACHI
kJapaneseOn	KA RA
kJis1	5910
kKangXi	1088.060
kMainlandTelegraph	5811
kMandarin	guǒ
kMatthews	3734
kMeyerWempe	1411b
kMojiJoho	MJ023540
kMorohashi	33208
kPhonetic	744
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+15096+142.6.8
kRSUnicode	142.8
kSBGY	305.21
kSMSZD2003Index	615.07
kSMSZD2003Readings	guǒ粵gwo2
kTaiwanTelegraph	9149
kTGHZ2013	126.170:guǒ
kTotalStrokes	14
kUnihanCore2020	GHMT
kXerox	306:250
kXHC1983	0427.030:guǒ