U+87E9 "蟩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+87E9 "蟩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character, historically categorized under the radical for "insect" or "worm" (虫). Its traditional meaning is associated with a type of mythical or monstrous creature, often interpreted as a "crab" or a "water monster" in classical texts, though its usage is extremely limited in modern Chinese and Japanese languages. The character combines the insect radical with phonetic and semantic components, reflecting its origins in ancient lexicons and literary references.

General Properties

Code Point	U+87E9
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	蟩
HTML Hex Encoding	蟩
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x9F 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding	0x87E9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000087E9
C/C++/Java Escape	\u87e9

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

kCCCII	232C3E
kCNS1986	E-5873
kCNS1992	3-5873
kCangjie	LIMTO
kCantonese	kyut3
kCihaiT	1198.505
kDaeJaweon	1562.030
kFanqie	居月
kGB3	6694
kGSR	0301e
kHanYu	42890.080
kIRGDaeJaweon	1562.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	42890.080
kIRGKangXi	1097.190
kIRG_GSource	G3-627E
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-023732
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-7292
kIRG_KSource	K2-5D45
kIRG_TSource	T3-5873
kJapanese	ケツ カチ
kKangXi	1097.190
kMandarin	jué
kMojiJoho	MJ023732
kMorohashi	33604
kPhonetic	668
kRSUnicode	142.12
kSBGY	478.26
kTotalStrokes	18