U+87C9 "蟉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

蟉

U+87C9 "蟉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character, typically pronounced as "qiū" or "jiū" in Mandarin, and it belongs to the radical for insects or worms. This ideograph is composed of the insect radical on the left and a phonetic component on the right, and it specifically refers to a type of mythical creature or a legendary insect, often depicted as a dragon-like worm or a long, many-legged beast in classical Chinese texts. Its usage is extremely limited in modern language, primarily appearing in ancient literature, particularly in works like the "Shanhaijing" or other mythological records, where it describes fantastical fauna rather than any real biological entity.

General Properties

Code Point	U+87C9
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	蟉
HTML Hex Encoding	蟉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x9F 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0x87C9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000087C9
C/C++/Java Escape	\u87c9

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

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