U+87B6 "螶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
螶
U+87B6 "螶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character that falls under the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) unified ideographs block, specifically representing a term for a type of insect, often interpreted as a kind of locust or grasshopper in classical texts. Its structure combines the radical for "insect" (虫) with a phonetic component, though its usage in modern Chinese is extremely uncommon, appearing primarily in ancient literature or specialized dictionaries. The character serves as a linguistic artifact, highlighting the depth and historical specificity of the CJK writing system, where thousands of characters encode nuanced meanings that may no longer be in everyday use.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+87B6 |
| 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 | 螶 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 螶 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x9E 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x87B6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000087B6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u87b6 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | EE6B |
| kCCCII | 232B71 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-5F39 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-5F39 |
| kCangjie | SSLII |
| kCantonese | keoi4 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1559.360 |
| kFanqie | 強魚 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7113.6 |
| kGB5 | 6592 |
| kHanYu | 42878.010 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42878.010:qú,jù |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1559.360 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42878.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1095.070 |
| kIRG_GSource | G5-617C |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-EE6B |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-023673 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-725A |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5D28 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-5F39 |
| kJapanese | キョ ゴ |
| kKangXi | 1095.070 |
| kMandarin | qú |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023673 |
| kMorohashi | 33506 |
| kRSUnicode | 142.11 |
| kSBGY | 067.26 |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |