U+8796 "螖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8796 "螖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a variant or uncommon glyph within the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) unified ideograph block. It represents an archaic or specialized logogram, with its structure composed of the radical for "insect" or "worm" (虫) on the left, suggesting a classification related to small creatures or crawling animals, and a phonetic component on the right that may convey its pronunciation, which in modern standard Mandarin is roughly read as "xiá" or "huá" depending on context. This character is rarely used in contemporary texts, appearing mostly in historical or classical Chinese literature, or in specialized dictionaries, where it can denote a type of insect or, in some interpretations, a mythical or obscure creature. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures preservation and cross-platform digital representation for linguistic and historical research.

General Properties

Code Point U+8796
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 螖
HTML Hex Encoding 螖
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0x9E 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8796
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008796
C/C++/Java Escape \u8796

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 EB62
kCCCII 232B49
kCNS1986 2-5A30
kCNS1992 2-5A30
kCangjie LIBBB
kCantonese waat6
kCihaiT 1195.506
kDaeJaweon 1558.170
kFanqie 戶八
kFourCornerCode 5712.7
kGB3 6649
kHanYu 42878.090
kHanyuPinyin 42878.090:huá
kIRGDaeJaweon 1558.170
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 42878.090
kIRGKangXi 1093.240
kIRG_GSource G3-6251
kIRG_HSource HB2-EB62
kIRG_JSource JMJ-023641
kIRG_KPSource KP1-724D
kIRG_KSource K2-5C73
kIRG_TSource T2-5A30
kJapanese ゲチ コツ コチ カツ カチ エツ オチ
kKangXi 1093.240
kMandarin huá
kMojiJoho MJ023641
kMorohashi 33411
kRSUnicode 142.10
kSBGY 488.25
kTotalStrokes 15
kUnihanCore2020 HMT