U+883C "蠼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蠼
U+883C "蠼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rarely used Chinese character that historically refers to a type of mythical or legendary insect, often associated with the term "蠼螋" (qúsōu), which in modern standard Chinese denotes an earwig, a small insect with pincers at its rear. This character is composed of the radical for "insect" (虫) and a phonetic component that contributes to its pronunciation, and it appears in classical texts and literary works rather than in everyday modern usage. While it shares the same form and meaning in both Traditional and Simplified Chinese scripts, its practical application remains largely confined to specialized vocabulary or historical references.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+883C |
| 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 | 蠼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蠼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xA0 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x883C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000883C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u883c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | F96E |
| kCCCII | 232D3C |
| kCNS1986 | 2-715D |
| kCNS1992 | 2-715D |
| kCangjie | LIBUE |
| kCantonese | keoi4 |
| kCihaiT | 1202.401 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1568.010 |
| kDefinition | earwig |
| kEACC | 232D3C |
| kFanqie | 其俱 居縛 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5614.7 |
| kGB0 | 8329 |
| kGB1 | 8329 |
| kHanYu | 42910.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42910.060:jué,qú |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1568.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42910.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1104.370 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-733D |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-F96E |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-7823 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-731D |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5D78 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-715D |
| kJapanese | キャク カク ク おおざる はさみむし |
| kTGH | 2013:8105 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,88,03 |
| kJapaneseKun | OOZARU |
| kJapaneseOn | KYAKU KAKU KEKI KU |
| kJis1 | 6002 |
| kKangXi | 1104.370 |
| kMandarin | qú |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023841 |
| kMorohashi | 33928 |
| kPhonetic | 372 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+18633+142.6.20 |
| kRSUnicode | 142.20 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 624.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | qú粵keoi4 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 308.160:qú |
| kTotalStrokes | 26 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 321:140 |
| kXHC1983 | 0944.130:qú |