U+99BF "馿" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
馿
U+99BF "馿" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily refers to a donkey, often used in classical or regional contexts to denote this domesticated equine animal known for its hardiness and use as a pack animal. Its structure combines the radical for horse (馬) with a phonetic component, aligning with common patterns in the Chinese writing system. In modern usage, this character is much less common than its simplified equivalent 驴, but it remains present in historical texts, calligraphy, and specialized vocabulary relating to traditional rural life or literature.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+99BF |
| 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 | 馿 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 馿 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xA6 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x99BF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000099BF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u99bf |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 23524D |
| kCNS1986 | E-4A6C |
| kCNS1992 | 3-4A6C |
| kCangjie | SFIS |
| kCantonese | lou4 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1959.210 |
| kDefinition | an ass; a donkey |
| kEACC | 23524D |
| kFennIndex | 324.01 |
| kHanYu | 74545.050 |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1959.210 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74545.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1435.100 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-5471 |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-7C70 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-895F |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-6E67 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-4A6C |
| kJapanese | ロ うさぎうま |
| kJIS0213 | 2,92,80 |
| kJapaneseKun | USAGIUMA |
| kJapaneseOn | RO |
| kJis1 | 7304 |
| kKangXi | 1435.100 |
| kMandarin | lǘ |
| kMatthews | 4296 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ028642 |
| kMorohashi | 44616 |
| kNelson | 5196 |
| kPhonetic | 820A* 1462* |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+18978+63.4.10 C+18978+187.10.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 187.4 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+9A62<kMatthews |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |