U+87B3 "螳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

螳

U+87B3 "螳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to the praying mantis, an insect known for its predatory behavior and distinctive front legs. This character is composed of a radical for insect or worm, indicating its biological classification, and a phonetic component that provides a clue to its pronunciation, which is "táng" in Mandarin. It commonly appears in compound words such as "螳螂" (tángláng), meaning praying mantis, and is also used in idiomatic expressions like "螳臂當車" (táng bì dāng chē), which describes an overestimation of one's own strength, akin to a mantis trying to stop a chariot. In East Asian cultural contexts, the character evokes themes of vigilance, predation, and sometimes futile resistance.

General Properties

Code Point	U+87B3
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	螳
HTML Hex Encoding	螳
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x9E 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding	0x87B3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000087B3
C/C++/Java Escape	\u87b3

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	C1AE
kCCCII	21572B
kCNS1986	1-7539
kCNS1992	1-7539
kCangjie	LIFBG
kCantonese	tong4
kCihaiT	1196.110
kCowles	4441
kDaeJaweon	1559.330
kDefinition	mantis
kEACC	21572B
kFanqie	徒郎
kFenn	585I
kFennIndex	499.04
kFourCornerCode	5911.4
kGB0	8311
kGB1	8311
kGSR	0725d'
kHangul	당:0N
kHanYu	42884.160
kHanyuPinyin	42884.160:táng
kHKGlyph	3646
kIICore	AGTHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	1559.330
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	42884.160
kIRGKangXi	1095.040
kIRG_GSource	G0-732B
kIRG_HSource	HB1-C1AE
kIRG_JSource	J0-6A30
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-D5E6
kIRG_KSource	K0-5359
kIRG_TSource	T1-7539
kJapanese	トウドウ
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:6234
kJapaneseOn	TOU
kJis0	7416
kKangXi	1095.040
kKorean	TANG
kLau	3120
kMainlandTelegraph	5838
kMandarin	táng
kMatthews	6109
kMeyerWempe	3222
kMojiJoho	MJ023670
kMorohashi	33503
kNelson	4177
kPhonetic	1382
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+6549+142.6.11
kRSUnicode	142.11
kSBGY	178.30
kSemanticVariant	U+8797<kMeyerWempe
kSMSZD2003Index	619.10
kSMSZD2003Readings	táng粵tong4
kTaiwanTelegraph	5838
kTGHZ2013	360.140:táng
kTotalStrokes	17
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kXerox	261:340
kXHC1983	1119.040:táng