U+9977 "饷" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9977 "饷" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in both traditional and simplified scripts, where it primarily means "to provide for" or "to supply," often in the context of remuneration or salaries, such as in the word "军饷" meaning military pay. Its composition combines the radical for "food" on the left with a phonetic component on the right, reflecting its historical association with provisions or compensation. In modern usage, it appears in formal or historical texts related to financial allowances, sustenance, or support, and it is distinguished from the similar character "饟" by its simplified form.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9977
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	饷
HTML Hex Encoding	饷
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0xA5 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9977
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009977
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9977

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	276073
kCangjie	NVHBR
kCantonese	hoeng2
kDefinition	rations and pay for soldiers
kEACC	276073
kFourCornerCode	2772
kGB0	6635
kHanYu	74451.060
kIICore	CG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	74451.060
kIRGKangXi	1427.311
kIRG_GSource	G0-6243
kTGH	2013:4299
kKangXi	1427.311
kMainlandTelegraph	7401
kMandarin	xiǎng
kRSUnicode	184'.6
kTGHZ2013	401.130:xiǎng
kTotalStrokes	9
kTraditionalVariant	"餉" U+9909 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	1259.030:xiǎng