U+8829 "蠩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8829 "蠩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of toad or frog, often specifically associated with the mythical three-legged toad, a symbol of prosperity and wealth in East Asian folklore. This ideograph falls under the radical for insects or reptiles and is used in classical texts and traditional contexts rather than in modern everyday language, appearing in literature that draws on ancient myths or describes natural history. Its structure combines a phonetic component with a semantic radical, reflecting the standard composition of many CJK characters.

General Properties

Code Point U+8829
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 蠩
HTML Hex Encoding 蠩
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0xA0 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8829
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008829
C/C++/Java Escape \u8829

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 F640
kCCCII 232C7D
kCNS1986 2-6C2F
kCNS1992 2-6C2F
kCangjie LIYRA
kCantonese zyu1
kCihaiT 1201.306
kDaeJaweon 1566.010
kDefinition a toad
kFanqie 章魚
kFourCornerCode 5416.0
kGB5 6607
kHanYu 42905.030
kHanyuPinyin 42905.030:zhū,chú
kIRGDaeJaweon 1566.010
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 42905.030
kIRGKangXi 1102.300
kIRG_GSource G5-6227
kIRG_HSource HB2-F640
kIRG_JSource JMJ-023818
kIRG_KPSource KP1-72FE
kIRG_KSource K2-5D6E
kIRG_TSource T2-6C2F
kJapanese ショ
kKangXi 1102.300
kMandarin zhū
kMatthews 5872
kMojiJoho MJ023818
kMorohashi 33831
kRSUnicode 142.16
kSBGY 070.23
kSemanticVariant U+870D<kMatthews
kTotalStrokes 21
kUnihanCore2020 HMT