U+87C5 "蟅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+87C5 "蟅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare Chinese character used primarily in classical or technical contexts. It refers to a type of insect, specifically a kind of beetle or bug often associated with the "ground beetle" family, and may appear in ancient zoological texts or regional dialects as a descriptive term for a small, creeping creature. Its structure combines the "insect" radical (虫) with a phonetic component, illustrating the logographic nature of the Chinese writing system where meaning and sound are typically integrated. Due to its obscurity, it is not commonly used in modern Chinese and is mostly encountered in specialized lexicons or historical literature.

General Properties

Code Point U+87C5
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 蟅
HTML Hex Encoding 蟅
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0x9F 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding 0x87C5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000087C5
C/C++/Java Escape \u87c5

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 EE5B
kCCCII 232B63
kCNS1986 2-5F29
kCNS1992 2-5F29
kCangjie LIITF
kCantonese ze3
kCihaiT 1197.103
kDaeJaweon 1560.240
kFanqie 之夜
kFourCornerCode 5013.7
kGB3 6682
kHanYu 42887.050
kHanyuPinyin 42887.050:zhè
kIRGDaeJaweon 1560.240
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 42887.050
kIRGKangXi 1096.040
kIRG_GSource G3-6272
kIRG_HSource HB2-EE5B
kIRG_JSource JMJ-023691
kIRG_KPSource KP1-7275
kIRG_KSource K2-5D2F
kIRG_TSource T2-5F29
kJapanese シャ セキ シャク チャク
kKangXi 1096.040
kMandarin zhè
kMojiJoho MJ023691
kMorohashi 33539
kPhonetic 1238
kRSUnicode 142.11
kTotalStrokes 17
kUnihanCore2020 HMT