U+9955 "饕" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
饕
U+9955 "饕" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that represents a mythical, gluttonous beast from ancient mythology, often referred to in the phrase "饕餮" (tāotiè). This creature, depicted with a voracious appetite, symbolizes extreme greed and excess, and the character itself is composed of the radical for food (食) combined with phonetic elements, reflecting its meaning tied to eating and consumption. In modern usage, it also appears in culinary contexts, such as describing a person who is a food lover or gourmand, though its primary cultural resonance remains the mythic monster known for devouring everything in sight.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9955 |
| 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 | 饕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 饕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xA5 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9955 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009955 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9955 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C5B9 |
| kCCCII | 23517E |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7C25 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7C25 |
| kCangjie | RUOIV |
| kCantonese | tou1 |
| kCihaiT | 1494.602 |
| kCowles | 4378 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1952.140 |
| kDefinition | gluttonous, greedy, covetous |
| kEACC | 23517E |
| kFanqie | 土刀 |
| kFenn | 203I |
| kFennIndex | 503.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6173.2 |
| kGB0 | 8750 |
| kGB1 | 8750 |
| kGSR | 1244h |
| kHangul | 도:1N |
| kHanYu | 74476.010 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 74476.010:tāo |
| kIICore | AGT |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1952.140 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74476.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1426.100 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-7752 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C5B9 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-7143 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-88FC |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-5D48 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7C25 |
| kJapanese | トウ むさぼる |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:6470 |
| kJapaneseKun | MUSABORU |
| kJapaneseOn | TOU |
| kJis0 | 8135 |
| kKangXi | 1426.100 |
| kKorean | TO |
| kLau | 3079 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7439 |
| kMandarin | tāo |
| kMatthews | 6147 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3153 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ028560 MJ028560:E0101 MJ028561:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 44426 44426:E0101 |
| kPhonetic | 484A |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+7226+184.9.13 |
| kRSUnicode | 184.13 |
| kSBGY | 156.17 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+53E8<kMeyerWempe |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 783.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | tāo粵tou1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 7439 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 361.130:tāo |
| kTotalStrokes | 22 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kXerox | 272:376 |
| kXHC1983 | 1121.010:tāo |