U+9176 "酶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

酶

U+9176 "酶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that means "enzyme," a biological molecule that acts as a catalyst to speed up chemical reactions in living organisms, typically consisting of a single word in modern usage. Etymologically, this ideograph is formed from the radical 酉 (which relates to fermentation or alcohol) on the left side, and the phonetic component 每 on the right, reflecting its historical association with biochemical processes such as fermentation and digestion. In contemporary contexts, the character is essential in scientific and medical terminology, appearing in compounds like 酶学 (enzymology) and 消化酶 (digestive enzyme), and it plays a critical role in fields ranging from molecular biology to industrial biotechnology.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9176
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	酶
HTML Hex Encoding	酶
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0x85 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9176
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009176
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9176

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

kCCCII	23406A
kCNS1986	E-4A2C
kCNS1992	3-4A2C
kCangjie	MWOWY
kCantonese	mui4
kCheungBauer	164/07;MWOWY;mui4
kCheungBauerIndex	468.02
kCihaiT	1352.201
kDaeJaweon	1783.090
kDefinition	enzymes; (Cant.) soft
kEACC	23406A
kFourCornerCode	1865
kGB0	3524
kGB1	3524
kHangul	매:1N
kHanYu	63584.010
kHanyuPinlu	méi(13)
kHanyuPinyin	63584.010:méi
kIICore	AGTH
kIRGDaeJaweon	1783.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	63584.010
kIRGKangXi	1283.130
kIRG_GSource	G0-4338
kIRG_HSource	H-9E4A
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-026484
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-7F14
kIRG_KSource	K1-6036
kIRG_MSource	MA-9E4A
kIRG_TSource	T3-4A2C
kJapanese	バイメ
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:5673
kJapaneseKun	SAKENOMOTO SAKADANE
kJapaneseOn	BAI ME
kKangXi	1283.130
kKorean	MAY
kMainlandTelegraph	5326
kMandarin	méi
kMojiJoho	MJ026484
kMorohashi	39869
kPhonetic	927
kRSUnicode	164.7
kSMSZD2003Index	711.06
kSMSZD2003Readings	méi粵mui4
kTGHZ2013	246.080:méi
kTotalStrokes	14
kUnihanCore2020	GH
kXerox	321:170
kXHC1983	0772.060:méi