U+992E "餮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
餮
U+992E "餮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that represents a mythical, gluttonous beast often associated with greed and voracious eating. In Chinese mythology, the "taotie" (餮) is a creature commonly depicted on ancient bronze vessels from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, symbolizing insatiable hunger and sometimes serving as a warning against excess. The character itself combines the radical for food or eat (飠) with a phonetic component, reinforcing its connection to consumption and appetite. Today, it is most frequently encountered in the compound word "饕餮" (tāotiè), which describes a person with an enormous appetite or, more figuratively, a voracious desire for wealth or material goods.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+992E |
| 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 | 餮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 餮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xA4 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x992E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000992E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u992e |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C34B |
| kCCCII | 23514F |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7775 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7775 |
| kCangjie | MHOIV |
| kCantonese | tit3 |
| kCihaiT | 1493.603 |
| kCowles | 4368 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1948.240 |
| kDefinition | a legendary animal; a greedy person |
| kEACC | 23514F |
| kFanqie | 他結 |
| kFenn | 281I |
| kFennIndex | 520.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1873.2 |
| kGB0 | 8749 |
| kGB1 | 8749 |
| kGSR | 0453m |
| kHangul | 철:1N |
| kHanYu | 74464.020 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 74464.020:tiè |
| kIICore | AGT |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1948.240 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74464.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1422.390 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-7751 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C34B |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-7138 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-88AA |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-6F4B |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7775 |
| kJapanese | テツ テチ テン デン |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:6327 |
| kJapaneseOn | TETSU TEN DEN |
| kJis0 | 8124 |
| kKangXi | 1422.390 |
| kKorean | CHEL |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7421 |
| kMandarin | tiè |
| kMatthews | 6331 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3119 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ028476 MJ028476:E0101 MJ028477:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 44268 44268:E0101 |
| kPhonetic | 1338 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+7215+184.9.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 184.9 |
| kSBGY | 493.48 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 781.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | tiè粵tit3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 7421 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 367.110:tiè |
| kTotalStrokes | 18 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kXerox | 301:071 |
| kXHC1983 | 1144.010:tiè |