U+8829 "蠩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蠩
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
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 |