U+876A "蝪" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

蝪

U+876A "蝪" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character that falls within the block of CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) unified ideographs, which encode traditional and historic logographic scripts from East Asia. While less common in modern usage, 蝪 is composed of the radical "虫" (insect or creature) on the left and the phonetic component "昜" (yáng, meaning bright or sun) on the right, suggesting a potential connection to a type of insect or creature associated with brightness or dryness. In classical Chinese texts, it occasionally appears as a variant or obscure term, often related to mythological beings or archaic insect names, though its precise meaning and frequency are limited due to its rarity. This character exemplifies the depth and historical layering of the CJK script system, where even uncommon glyphs preserve traces of ancient linguistic and cultural knowledge.

General Properties

Code Point	U+876A
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	蝪
HTML Hex Encoding	蝪
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x9D 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding	0x876A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000876A
C/C++/Java Escape	\u876a

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	E7B0
kCCCII	232B24
kCNS1986	2-5377
kCNS1992	2-5377
kCangjie	LIAMH
kCantonese	tong1
kCihaiT	1194.503
kDaeJaweon	1556.150
kEACC	232B24
kFanqie	吐郎
kFourCornerCode	5612.7
kGB5	6472
kHanYu	42869.140
kHanyuPinyin	42869.140:tāng
kIICore	CT
kIRGDaeJaweon	1556.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	42869.140
kIRGKangXi	1090.220
kIRG_GSource	G5-6068
kIRG_HSource	HB2-E7B0
kIRG_JSource	J0-6A23
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-7212
kIRG_KSource	K2-5C5A
kIRG_TSource	T2-5377
kJapanese	トウドウ
kJapaneseOn	TOU DOU
kJis0	7403
kKangXi	1090.220
kMandarin	tāng
kMojiJoho	MJ023591
kMorohashi	33305
kPhonetic	1529*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+6536+142.6.9
kRSUnicode	142.9
kSBGY	182.10
kTotalStrokes	15
kUnihanCore2020	HJMT