U+8837 "蠷" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蠷
U+8837 "蠷" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rarely used Chinese character classified under the radical for insects or worms, often associated with small crawling creatures or, in classical contexts, a type of parasitic worm or mite. Its components include the insect radical and a phonetic element derived from the character for "reed" or "hurry," suggesting a connection to insects found in damp or grassy environments. While not commonly encountered in modern Chinese or Japanese texts, it appears in ancient dictionaries and specialized zoological references, retaining a niche historical and philological significance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8837 |
| 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 | 蠷 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蠷 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xA0 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8837 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008837 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8837 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | F8BE |
| kCCCII | 232D35 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-704C |
| kCNS1992 | 2-704C |
| kCangjie | LIBUG |
| kCantonese | keoi4 |
| kCihaiT | 1202.304 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1567.030 |
| kFanqie | 其俱 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5611.4 |
| kGB3 | 6720 |
| kHanYu | 42908.120 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42908.120:qú |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1567.030 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42908.120 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1104.020 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-6334 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-F8BE |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-023836 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-7312 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5D76 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-704C |
| kJapanese | ク グ |
| kKangXi | 1104.020 |
| kMandarin | qú |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023836 |
| kMorohashi | 33893 |
| kRSUnicode | 142.18 |
| kSBGY | 074.52 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 624.06 |
| kTotalStrokes | 24 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |