U+87BC "螼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
螼
U+87BC "螼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that primarily refers to a type of earthworm or rainworm, specifically the species known in some contexts as the "Anguillula" or a similar worm-like creature found in damp soil. In classical Chinese texts, it is often used in the compound term "螼蚓" (qǐn yǐn), denoting an earthworm, and its radical components reflect its association with insects and burrowing creatures. This character is encoded in the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) Unified Ideographs block and is considered rare in modern usage, appearing mainly in specialized or historical linguistic references.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+87BC |
| 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 | 螼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 螼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x9E 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x87BC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000087BC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u87bc |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | EE60 |
| kCCCII | 232B75 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-5F2E |
| kCNS1992 | 2-5F2E |
| kCangjie | LITLM |
| kCantonese | jan2 |
| kCihaiT | 1197.301 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1560.040 |
| kFanqie | 弃忍 羌印 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5411.4 |
| kGB5 | 6610 |
| kHanYu | 42883.040 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42883.040:qǐn |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1560.040 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42883.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1095.160 |
| kIRG_GSource | G5-622A |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-EE60 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-023679 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-725C |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5D29 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-5F2E |
| kJapanese | キン コン |
| kKangXi | 1095.160 |
| kMandarin | qǐn |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023679 |
| kMorohashi | 33516 |
| kRSUnicode | 142.11 |
| kSBGY | 278.23 394.31 |
| kTotalStrokes | 17 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |