U+9916 "餖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+9916 "餖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare or obsolete Chinese character used in classical texts, primarily functioning as a noun for a type of food or dish, often associated with cooked grains or thick congee. Its structure combines the radical 食 (food, eat) on the left with the phonetic component 豆 (bean) on the right, though its meaning extends beyond beans to signify a specific kind of staple meal. In modern usage, this character is largely historical, appearing in ancient culinary references or literary works where precise terminology for traditional foods is required.

General Properties

Code Point U+9916
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 餖
HTML Hex Encoding 餖
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0xA4 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0x9916
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00009916
C/C++/Java Escape \u9916

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 E8C3
kCCCII 23512F
kCNS1986 2-556C
kCNS1992 2-556C
kCangjie OIMRT
kCantonese dau6
kCihaiT 1493.104
kDaeJaweon 1945.190
kDefinition food item set out for show only
kEACC 23512F
kFanqie 田候
kFourCornerCode 8171.8
kGB3 9069
kHanYu 74455.020
kHanyuPinyin 74455.020:dòu
kIRGDaeJaweon 1945.190
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 74455.020
kIRGKangXi 1420.190
kIRG_GSource G3-7A65
kIRG_HSource HB2-E8C3
kIRG_JSource J14-7C57
kIRG_KPSource KP1-886C
kIRG_KSource K2-6E32
kIRG_TSource T2-556C
kJapanese トウ ズ つらねる
kJIS0213 2,92,55
kJapaneseOn TOU ZU
kJis1 7253
kKangXi 1420.190
kMandarin dòu
kMatthews 6483
kMojiJoho MJ028429 MJ028429:E0101 MJ028428:E0102
kMorohashi 44179 44179:E0101
kPhonetic 1322
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+18960+151.7.9 C+18960+184.9.7
kRSUnicode 184.7
kSBGY 438.33
kSimplifiedVariant "饾" U+997E CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index 780.14
kSMSZD2003Readings dòu粵dau6
kTaiwanTelegraph 7405
kTotalStrokes 15
kUnihanCore2020 HMT
kXerox 307:372