U+8785 "螅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
螅
U+8785 "螅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of intestinal parasite, specifically the roundworm or hookworm, and is often used in classical and medical contexts to denote organisms that infest the human body. In modern usage, it appears in compound terms related to parasitic infections, such as "蛔螅" for ascariasis. The character belongs to the radical for insects or worms, reflecting its biological association, and its pronunciation varies across Chinese dialects, typically rendered as "xī" in Mandarin.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8785 |
| 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 | 螅 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 螅 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x9E 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8785 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008785 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8785 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | EB67 |
| kCCCII | 232B53 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-5A35 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-5A35 |
| kCangjie | LIHUP |
| kCantonese | sik1 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1557.160 |
| kDefinition | intestinal worm |
| kEACC | 232B53 |
| kFanqie | 去例 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5613.0 |
| kGB0 | 8303 |
| kGB1 | 8303 |
| kHanYu | 42879.020 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42879.020:xī,cì |
| kIICore | BGT |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1557.160 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42879.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1092.260 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-7323 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-EB67 |
| kIRG_JSource | J1-5B3A |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-723D |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5C67 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-5A35 |
| kJapanese | シ |
| kTGH | 2013:6100 |
| kJapaneseOn | SHI SHITSU |
| kJis1 | 5926 |
| kKangXi | 1092.260 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7911 |
| kMandarin | xī |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023624 |
| kMorohashi | 33367 |
| kPhonetic | 1187 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+22438+142.6.10 |
| kRSUnicode | 142.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 618.16 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xī粵sik1 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 393.110:xī |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 321:127 |
| kXHC1983 | 1232.010:xī |