U+875B "蝛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+875B "蝛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Hanzi) that also appears in Japanese Kanji and Korean Hanja, primarily referring to a type of small, venomous sea snail or shelled marine creature, often associated with the species commonly known as the "dog whelk" or similar mollusks. Its radical is 虫 (insect or creature), and its phonetic component is 威 (wēi), which contributes to its pronunciation in Mandarin as "wēi". The character is used in classical Chinese texts and natural history contexts, though it is considered rare in modern everyday usage, typically found in specialized zoological or literary references.

General Properties

Code Point U+875B
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 蝛
HTML Hex Encoding 蝛
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0x9D 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding 0x875B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000875B
C/C++/Java Escape \u875b

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 E7A9
kCCCII 232A7A
kCNS1986 2-5370
kCNS1992 2-5370
kCangjie LIIHV
kCantonese wai1
kCihaiT 1194.407
kDaeJaweon 1555.290
kDefinition the sow-bug, wood-louse
kFanqie 於非
kFourCornerCode 5315.0
kGB5 6572
kHanYu 42869.010
kHanyuPinyin 42869.010:wēi
kIRGDaeJaweon 1555.290
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 42869.010
kIRGKangXi 1089.200
kIRG_GSource G5-6168
kIRG_HSource HB2-E7A9
kIRG_JSource JMJ-023575
kIRG_KPSource KP1-7224
kIRG_KSource K2-5C53
kIRG_TSource T2-5370
kJapanese
kKangXi 1089.200
kMandarin wēi
kMatthews 7053
kMojiJoho MJ023575
kMorohashi 33275
kRSUnicode 142.9
kSBGY 064.51
kTotalStrokes 15
kUnihanCore2020 HMT