U+87B8 "螸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
螸
U+87B8 "螸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character that traditionally refers to a type of small, edible clam or shellfish, often associated with the word for a "mussel" or "oyster" in ancient texts, though its usage is largely obsolete in modern Mandarin. Structurally, the character combines the radical for "insect" or "reptile" with a phonetic component, reflecting its zoological classification in classical Chinese dictionaries like the Shuowen Jiezi. While not commonly used today, it occasionally appears in historical or literary contexts, particularly in descriptions of seafood or as a variant in certain regional dialects.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+87B8 |
| 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 | 螸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 螸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x9E 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x87B8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000087B8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u87b8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | EE6D |
| kCCCII | 232C23 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-5F3B |
| kCNS1992 | 2-5F3B |
| kCangjie | COLMI |
| kCantonese | jyu4 |
| kCihaiT | 1197.207 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1559.200 |
| kFanqie | 羊朱 |
| kFourCornerCode | 8713.6 |
| kHanYu | 42886.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42886.090:yú |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1559.200 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42886.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1095.100 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-4B56 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-EE6D |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-023675 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-7289 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-5F3B |
| kJapanese | ユ ヨク |
| kKangXi | 1095.100 |
| kMandarin | yú |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023675 |
| kMorohashi | 33487 |
| kPhonetic | 1651* |
| kRSUnicode | 142.11 |
| kSBGY | 076.46 |
| kTotalStrokes | 17 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |