U+8759 "蝙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蝙
U+8759 "蝙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents a bat, the small flying mammal. This character is primarily used in East Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it often appears in words like "蝙蝠" (bat). In traditional Chinese culture, the bat is a symbol of good fortune and happiness, especially because the word for "bat" (蝠) sounds like the word for "blessing" or "fortune" (福), leading to its frequent depiction in art and design as an auspicious emblem.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8759 |
| 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 | 蝙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蝙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x9D 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8759 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008759 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8759 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BDBF |
| kCCCII | 215721 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6E68 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6E68 |
| kCangjie | LIHSB |
| kCantonese | bin1 |
| kCihaiT | 1194.406 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1555.240 |
| kDefinition | bat |
| kEACC | 215721 |
| kFanqie | 布玄 |
| kFenn | 566G |
| kFennIndex | 408.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5312.7 |
| kGB0 | 8289 |
| kGB1 | 8289 |
| kHangul | 편:1N |
| kHanYu | 42873.110 |
| kHanyuPinlu | biān(15) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42873.110:biān,pián |
| kHKGlyph | 3627 |
| kIICore | AGTJHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1555.240 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42873.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1089.160 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-7279 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BDBF |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-697E |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-7213 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-7229 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6E68 |
| kJapanese | ヘン |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3251 |
| kJapaneseOn | HEN |
| kJis0 | 7394 |
| kKangXi | 1089.160 |
| kKorean | PHYEN |
| kLau | 96 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5796 |
| kMandarin | biān |
| kMatthews | 5232 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2358 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023573 MJ023573:E0102 MJ023572:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 33271:E0103 |
| kNelson | 4168 |
| kPhonetic | 1042 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6533+142.6.9 V+8000+142.6.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 142.9 |
| kSBGY | 136.17 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 616.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | biān粵pin1,bin1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5796 |
| kTang | ben |
| kTGHZ2013 | 021.020:biān |
| kTotalStrokes | 15 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kXerox | 276:055 |
| kXHC1983 | 0062.110:biān |