U+9709 "霉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

霉

U+9709 "霉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "mold" or "mildew," often referring to fungal growth on food, clothing, or other organic materials due to dampness, as well as extending metaphorically to describe something unlucky or disastrous, such as in the common Chinese phrase "倒霉" meaning to encounter bad luck. It is composed of the rain radical "雨" on top, which can indicate weather or atmospheric phenomena, and the phonetic component "每" below, reflecting its pronunciation as "méi" in Mandarin. Historically, the character also carries connotations of darkness or gloom, aligning with its use in words related to overcast skies or the musty decay associated with prolonged moisture, and it is frequently encountered in everyday contexts from weather reports to warnings about food spoilage.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9709
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	霉
HTML Hex Encoding	霉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0x9C 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9709
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009709
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9709

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

kBigFive	BE60
kCCCII	215F5C
kCNS1986	1-6F69
kCNS1992	1-6F69
kCangjie	MBOWY
kCantonese	mui4
kCihaiT	1455.101
kCowles	2768
kDaeJaweon	1884.020
kDefinition	mildew, mold; moldy, mildewed
kEACC	215F5C
kFenn	572I
kFennIndex	334.02
kFourCornerCode	1050.7
kGB0	3525
kGB1	3525
kGradeLevel	6
kHangul	매:1N
kHanYu	64065.010
kHanyuPinlu	méi(38)
kHKGlyph	4438
kIICore	AGTHM
kIRGDaeJaweon	1884.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	64065.010
kIRGKangXi	1375.020
kIRG_GSource	G0-4339
kIRG_HSource	HB1-BE60
kIRG_JSource	J1-6723
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-8443
kIRG_KSource	K1-6037
kIRG_TSource	T1-6F69
kJapanese	バイメ
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:3231
kJapaneseKun	TSUYU SHIMERI SHIMI
kJapaneseOn	BAI ME
kJis1	7103
kKangXi	1375.020
kKorean	MAY
kLau	2206
kMainlandTelegraph	7199
kMandarin	méi
kMatthews	4405
kMeyerWempe	1890
kMojiJoho	MJ027811
kMorohashi	42302
kPhonetic	927
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+15274+173.8.7
kRSUnicode	173.7
kSimplifiedVariant	"霉" U+9709 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	761.04
kSMSZD2003Readings	méi粵mui4
kTaiwanTelegraph	7199
kTGHZ2013	246.110:méi
kTotalStrokes	15
kTraditionalVariant	"霉" U+9709 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "黴" U+9EF4 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	GHMT
kXerox	260:114
kXHC1983	0772.030:méi