U+9AF1 "髱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9AF1 "髱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Han character primarily used in historical and literary contexts, particularly within traditional Chinese and Japanese texts. It is composed of the radical for "hair" or "bun" (髟) combined with a phonetic component, and its core meaning relates to the hairdo or topknot worn in ancient East Asian styles, specifically a type of elaborate hair bundle or chignon. This character appears infrequently in modern language, making it a subject of interest for scholars of classical literature, lexicography, and calligraphy, where it denotes a specific aesthetic aspect of traditional coiffure.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9AF1
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	髱
HTML Hex Encoding	髱
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0xAB 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9AF1
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009AF1
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9af1

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	E8D7
kCCCII	257153
kCNS1986	2-5622
kCNS1992	2-5622
kCangjie	SHPRU
kCantonese	baau6
kDaeJaweon	1984.140
kDefinition	a topknot, bun, coiled hair-knot
kEACC	69717D
kFourCornerCode	7271.2
kHanYu	74522.140
kHanyuPinyin	74522.140:bào
kIRGDaeJaweon	1984.140
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	74522.140
kIRGKangXi	1453.350
kIRG_GSource	GE-5555
kIRG_HSource	HB2-E8D7
kIRG_JSource	J0-717D
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-8B59
kIRG_KSource	K2-6F79
kIRG_TSource	T2-5622
kJapanese	ホウ ビョウ たぼ
kJapaneseKun	TABO
kJapaneseOn	HOU
kJis0	8193
kKangXi	1453.350
kMandarin	bào
kMojiJoho	MJ028929 MJ028929:E0101 MJ028930:E0102
kMorohashi	45410 45410:E0101
kNelson	5258
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+7284+190.10.5
kRSUnicode	190.5
kTotalStrokes	15
kUnihanCore2020	HJMT