U+877A "蝺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+877A "蝺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of mythical sea creature, often described in classical texts as a large turtle or a sea monster. It falls within the range of CJK Unified Ideographs used for traditional Chinese writing and appears in historical dictionaries like the Kangxi Dictionary, where it is associated with aquatic or legendary beings. In modern usage, this character is extremely uncommon and is largely confined to specialized literary or historical references, making it a niche part of the written Chinese character set.

General Properties

Code Point U+877A
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 蝺
HTML Hex Encoding 蝺
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0x9D 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding 0x877A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000877A
C/C++/Java Escape \u877a

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 E7B7
kCCCII 232B34
kCNS1986 2-537E
kCNS1992 2-537E
kCangjie LIHLB
kCantonese geoi2
kCihaiT 1194.601
kDaeJaweon 1557.060
kFourCornerCode 5212.7
kGB5 6582
kHanYu 42871.100
kHanyuPinyin 42871.100:qǔ,yǔ
kIRGDaeJaweon 1557.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 42871.100
kIRGKangXi 1092.200
kIRG_GSource G5-6172
kIRG_HSource HB2-E7B7
kIRG_JSource JMJ-023613
kIRG_KPSource KP1-71F1
kIRG_KSource K2-5C63
kIRG_TSource T2-537E
kJapanese ク ウ
kKangXi 1092.200
kMandarin
kMojiJoho MJ023613
kMorohashi 33354
kPhonetic 1614*
kRSUnicode 142.9
kTotalStrokes 15
kUnihanCore2020 HMT