U+87AF "螯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
螯
U+87AF "螯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that depicts the pincer or claw of a crab, scorpion, or other arthropod, often specifically referring to the chelae used for grasping and defense. In modern usage, it is most commonly associated with the compound word "螯肢" (áo zhī), meaning chelicerae, the mouthpart appendages of arachnids, and appears in biological terminology for describing crustacean and insect anatomy. The character combines the radical for "insect" (虫) to indicate its taxonomic connection with arthropods, with a phonetic component suggesting its pronunciation "áo" in Mandarin.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+87AF |
| 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 | 螯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 螯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x9E 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x87AF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000087AF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u87af |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | EE67 |
| kCCCII | 232B6F |
| kCNS1986 | 2-5F35 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-5F35 |
| kCangjie | GKLMI |
| kCantonese | ngou4 |
| kCihaiT | 1196.201 |
| kCowles | 3054 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1559.270 |
| kDefinition | nippers |
| kEACC | 232B6F |
| kFanqie | 五勞 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4813.6 |
| kGB0 | 8292 |
| kGB1 | 8292 |
| kGSR | 1130k |
| kHanYu | 42875.070 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42875.070:áo |
| kIICore | BGT |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1559.270 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42875.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1094.530 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-727C |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-EE67 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6A28 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-7287 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5D23 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-5F35 |
| kIRG_VSource | V3-376C |
| kJapanese | ゴウ はさみ |
| kTGH | 2013:6035 |
| kJapaneseKun | HASAMI |
| kJapaneseOn | GOU |
| kJis0 | 7408 |
| kKangXi | 1094.530 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5837 |
| kMandarin | áo |
| kMatthews | 61 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2056e |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023666 |
| kMorohashi | 33496 |
| kNelson | 4178 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6541+142.6.11 |
| kRSUnicode | 142.11 |
| kSBGY | 158.14 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 619.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | áo粵ngou4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5837 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 005.080:áo |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kXerox | 300:322 |
| kXHC1983 | 0011.140:áo |