U+87E5 "蟥" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

蟥

U+87E5 "蟥" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that typically refers to a type of leech or a similar blood-sucking worm, often used in the context of the "horse leech" or in the compound word "蚂蟥" (mǎhuáng) meaning leech. This ideograph belongs to the CJK Unified Ideographs block and is composed of the radical for insect (虫) combined with a phonetic component, reflecting its classification as a creature within traditional Chinese script. In modern usage, it appears in both literary and medical contexts, such as in traditional Chinese medicine where leeches are referenced for therapeutic purposes.

General Properties

Code Point	U+87E5
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	蟥
HTML Hex Encoding	蟥
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x9F 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding	0x87E5
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000087E5
C/C++/Java Escape	\u87e5

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	F0C1
kCCCII	232C3C
kCNS1986	2-632D
kCNS1992	2-632D
kCangjie	LITMC
kCantonese	wong4
kCihaiT	1198.101
kDaeJaweon	1561.370
kDefinition	leech
kEACC	4D2C3C
kFanqie	胡光
kFourCornerCode	5418.6
kGB0	8308
kGB1	8308
kHanYu	42883.050
kHanyuPinyin	42883.050:huáng
kIRGDaeJaweon	1561.370
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	42883.050
kIRGKangXi	1097.150
kIRG_GSource	G0-7328
kIRG_HSource	HB2-F0C1
kIRG_JSource	J4-7775
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-72BA
kIRG_KSource	K2-5D41
kIRG_TSource	T2-632D
kJapanese	コウオウ
kTGH	2013:6230
kJIS0213	2,87,85
kKangXi	1097.150
kMainlandTelegraph	2434
kMandarin	huáng
kMatthews	2303
kMojiJoho	MJ023728
kMorohashi	33600
kPhonetic	1458
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+18626+142.6.12 C+18626+201.12.6
kRSUnicode	142.12
kSBGY	181.37
kSMSZD2003Index	621.10
kSMSZD2003Readings	huáng粵wong4
kTGHZ2013	146.220:huáng
kTotalStrokes	17
kUnihanCore2020	GHMT
kXerox	321:134
kXHC1983	0496.050:huáng