U+9B3C "鬼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
鬼
U+9B3C "鬼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is the East Asian hanzi/kanji/hanja character for "ghost" or "spirit", frequently used to denote a supernatural being or an apparition in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing. This ideograph carries a rich cultural weight, appearing in words like "鬼怪" (monster), "鬼火" (will-o'-the-wisp), and "鬼才" (genius or unconventional talent). Its structure combines the radical for ghost or demon with other components, and it is part of many idioms and myths, symbolizing both fear and mystery in folklore traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9B3C |
| 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 | 鬼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 鬼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xAC 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9B3C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009B3C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9b3c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B0AD |
| kCCCII | 21616C |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5870 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5870 |
| kCangjie | HI |
| kCantonese | gwai2 |
| kCihaiT | 1521.503 |
| kCowles | 2061 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1993.190 |
| kDefinition | ghost; spirit of dead; devil; Kangxi radical 194; 23rd lunar mansion, determinative star θ Cancri |
| kEACC | 21616C |
| kFanqie | 居偉 |
| kFenn | 808B |
| kFennIndex | 272.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2621.3 |
| kGB0 | 2577 |
| kGB1 | 2577 |
| kGradeLevel | 3 |
| kGSR | 0569a |
| kHangul | 귀:0E |
| kHanYu | 74427.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | guǐ(224) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 74427.010:guǐ |
| kHDZRadBreak | ⿁[U+2FC1]:74427.010 |
| kHKGlyph | 4638 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1993.190 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74427.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1460.300 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-396D |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B0AD |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3534 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D3E1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5021 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5870 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6C62 |
| kJapanese | キ おに |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:1573 |
| kJapaneseKun | ONI |
| kJapaneseOn | KI |
| kJis0 | 2120 |
| kKangXi | 1460.300 |
| kKarlgren | 460 |
| kKorean | KWI |
| kLau | 1029 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7607 |
| kMandarin | guǐ |
| kMatthews | 3634 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1369 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ029013 MJ029013:E0101 MJ059079:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 45758 45758:E0101 |
| kNelson | 5276 |
| kPhonetic | 711 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1614+194.10.0 |
| kRSUnicode | 194.0 |
| kSBGY | 255.36 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 795.14 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | guǐ粵gwai2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 7607 |
| kTang | *giuə̌i |
| kTGHZ2013 | 124.140:guǐ |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | quỷ |
| kXerox | 250:154 |
| kXHC1983 | 0419.020:guǐ |