U+8740 "蝀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蝀
U+8740 "蝀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rarely used Chinese character classified under the radical for insect or worm, and its traditional meaning is associated with a type of moth or an insect that is attracted to light, often mentioned in classical texts. This ideograph belongs to the CJK Unified Ideographs block, which encompasses characters from Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, and its simplified form may vary in modern usage. While not commonly encountered in everyday language, the character "蝀" appears in historical literature and specialized contexts, reflecting the richness of East Asian script traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8740 |
| 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 | 蝀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蝀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x9D 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8740 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008740 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8740 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | E3D9 |
| kCCCII | 232A49 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-4D60 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-4D60 |
| kCangjie | LIDW |
| kCantonese | dung1 |
| kCihaiT | 1193.305 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1554.290 |
| kDefinition | rainbow |
| kEACC | 232A49 |
| kFanqie | 德紅 多動 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5519.6 |
| kGB3 | 6576 |
| kGSR | 1175h |
| kHangul | 동:1N |
| kHanYu | 42860.040 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42860.040:dōng |
| kIICore | CK |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1554.290 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42860.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1088.100 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-616C |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-E3D9 |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-775C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-71C1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-5D5E |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-4D60 |
| kJapanese | トウ ツ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,87,60 |
| kJapaneseOn | TOU TSU |
| kJis1 | 5911 |
| kKangXi | 1088.100 |
| kKorean | TONG |
| kMandarin | dōng |
| kMatthews | 6608 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3600a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023542 |
| kMorohashi | 33213 |
| kPhonetic | 1403 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+18602+142.6.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 142.8 |
| kSBGY | 023.06 235.02 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "𬟽" U+2C7FD CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 615.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | dōng,dòng粵dung1,dung3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5787 |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kXerox | 306:251 |
| kXHC1983 | 0258.011:dōng |