U+87DE "蟞" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蟞
U+87DE "蟞" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in classical and regional contexts, referring to a type of insect, often associated with a beetle or a bug, and sometimes specifically denoting a species of turtle or a mythical creature in ancient texts. Its structure combines the radical for insect (虫) with a phonetic component, and it appears in historical Chinese literature, such as the Shuowen Jiezi dictionary, where it may carry meanings related to small crawling animals or, in some interpretations, a venomous insect. While not commonly used in modern standard Chinese, it remains relevant in specialized studies of ancient Chinese culture, etymology, and palaeography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+87DE |
| 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 | 蟞 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蟞 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x9F 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x87DE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000087DE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u87de |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | EE6F |
| kCCCII | 253A7B |
| kCNS1986 | 2-5F3D |
| kCNS1992 | 2-5F3D |
| kCangjie | FKLMI |
| kCantonese | bit3 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1561.280 |
| kFourCornerCode | 9713.6 |
| kGB3 | 6680 |
| kHanYu | 42891.020 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42891.020:biē,bié |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1561.280 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42891.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1097.040 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-6270 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-EE6F |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-023720 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-729E |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5D3D |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-5F3D |
| kJapanese | ヘツ ベチ |
| kKangXi | 1097.040 |
| kMandarin | biē |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023720 |
| kMorohashi | 33588 |
| kRSUnicode | 142.12 |
| kTotalStrokes | 17 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |