U+879B "螛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+879B "螛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare Chinese character (hanzi) that historically refers to a mythical creature, often described as a divine turtle or a dragon turtle known as a "螛" (pinyin: xiá or chá). In classical Chinese texts, such as the "Shanhaijing" (Classic of Mountains and Seas), it is associated with stories of a giant aquatic beast that could cause storms or floods, and it sometimes appears in literature as a symbol of power or natural force. The character is composed of the radical 虫 (insect/reptile) on the left, indicating its relation to a type of animal, and the phonetic component 害 (hài) on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation and meaning. Due to its obscurity, it is rarely used in modern Chinese but remains a notable example of a character from ancient mythological and lexical traditions.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
螛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
螛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE8 0x9E 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x879B |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000879B |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u879b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
EB5B |
| kCCCII |
232B38 |
| kCNS1986 |
2-5A29 |
| kCNS1992 |
2-5A29 |
| kCangjie |
LIJQR |
| kCantonese |
hot6 |
| kCihaiT |
1196.102 |
| kDaeJaweon |
1558.240 |
| kFourCornerCode |
5316.1 |
| kGB3 |
6674 |
| kHanYu |
42881.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin |
42881.090:hé,xiá |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
1558.240 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
42881.090 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1093.330 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G3-626A |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB2-EB5B |
| kIRG_JSource |
JMJ-023646 |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP1-7247 |
| kIRG_KSource |
K2-5C77 |
| kIRG_TSource |
T2-5A29 |
| kJapanese |
カツ ガチ ゲチ |
| kKangXi |
1093.330 |
| kMandarin |
hé |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ023646 MJ023646:E0100 MJ023647:E0101 |
| kMorohashi |
33421 33421:E0100 |
| kRSUnicode |
142.10 |
| kTotalStrokes |
16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
HMT |