U+8831 "蠱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蠱
U+8831 "蠱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily denotes a concept of poison, venom, or a parasitic worm, often associated with ancient Chinese folklore and traditional medicine. In historical contexts, it refers to a type of venomous insect or a curse involving harmful sorcery, particularly the practice of using poisonous creatures to inflict harm or illness. The character is composed of radical elements indicating insects and vessels, reflecting its etymological link to the idea of something toxic or bewitching. It appears in classical texts and modern usage in terms related to poison, obsession, or corruption, such as in the word "蛊惑" meaning to bewitch or mislead.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8831 |
| 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 | 蠱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蠱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xA0 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8831 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008831 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8831 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C5DB |
| kCCCII | 21573F |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7C47 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7C47 |
| kCangjie | LILIT |
| kCantonese | gu2 |
| kCihaiT | 1201.401 |
| kCowles | 1800 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1566.230 |
| kDefinition | poison; venom; harm; bewitch; hexagram ䷑ |
| kEACC | 21573F |
| kFanqie | 公戶 |
| kFenn | 785I |
| kFennIndex | 261.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5010.7 |
| kGB1 | 2538 |
| kGSR | 0052a |
| kHangul | 고:0N |
| kHanYu | 42906.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42906.090:gǔ,yě |
| kHKGlyph | 3664 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1566.230 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42906.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1103.120 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-3946 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C5DB |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6A43 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-CFF6 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4D4C |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7C47 |
| kJapanese | コ ヤ ク |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | SOKONAU MADOWASU KOBIRU |
| kJapaneseOn | KO YA |
| kJis0 | 7435 |
| kKangXi | 1103.120 |
| kKorean | KO |
| kLau | 1062 |
| kMandarin | gǔ |
| kMatthews | 3475 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1262 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023829 |
| kMorohashi | 33867 |
| kNelson | 4201 |
| kPhonetic | 331 755 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6568+108.5.18 C+6568+142.6.17 |
| kRSUnicode | 142.17 |
| kSBGY | 266.01 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "蛊" U+86CA CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 623.13 458.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | gǔ粵gu2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5872 |
| kTotalStrokes | 23 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 271:262 |
| kXHC1983 | 0397.111:gǔ |