U+971B "霛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+971B "霛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and archaic Chinese character used in classical texts, composed of the "rain" radical (雨) over two "cloud" or "ghost" elements (鬼), which together convey meanings related to spirits, the supernatural, or the numinous realm. It is a variant form of the more common characters 靈 (líng, "spirit" or "divine") and 霝 (líng), sharing the same core sense of spiritual essence, efficacious power, or connection to the gods. Found infrequently in historical or literary contexts, "霛" represents a nuanced glyph within the extensive CJK Unified Ideographs block, reflecting the complex evolution of ideographic writing in East Asian scripts. Its usage today is largely confined to specialized philological study or typographic preservation.

General Properties

Code Point U+971B
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 霛
HTML Hex Encoding 霛
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0x9C 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding 0x971B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000971B
C/C++/Java Escape \u971b

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 234C38
kCNS1986 E-5675
kCNS1992 3-5675
kCangjie MBNNN
kCantonese ling4
kCihaiT 1456.303
kDaeJaweon 1885.150
kEACC 234C38
kFanqie 郎丁
kGB5 8362
kHanYu 64072.020
kIRGDaeJaweon 1885.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 64072.020
kIRGKangXi 1376.180
kIRG_GSource G5-735E
kIRG_HSource H-90DB
kIRG_JSource J1-6725
kIRG_KPSource KP1-846F
kIRG_TSource T3-5675
kJapanese レイ
kJapaneseKun TAMA
kJapaneseOn REI RYOU
kJis1 7105
kKangXi 1376.180
kMandarin líng
kMojiJoho MJ027832
kMorohashi 42352
kPhonetic 685
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+19966+173.8.9
kRSUnicode 173.9
kSBGY 195.25
kTotalStrokes 17
kUnihanCore2020 H
kXHC1983 0721.062:líng
kStrange U