U+9B3D "鬽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+9B3D "鬽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare or obscure Chinese character traditionally understood to refer to a type of malevolent spirit, ghost, or demon in East Asian folklore, often used in classical literature to describe a ghostly or supernatural being that brings bad luck or harm. This character is composed of the radical 鬼 (ghost or demon) on the left, which signifies its supernatural meaning, and a phonetic component on the right that provides its pronunciation. While not commonly used in modern Chinese or Japanese writing, it appears in historical texts and is occasionally referenced in discussions of ancient ghost lore or occult terminology.

General Properties

Code Point U+9B3D
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 鬽
HTML Hex Encoding 鬽
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0xAC 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding 0x9B3D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00009B3D
C/C++/Java Escape \u9b3d

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 235630
kCNS1986 E-4562
kCNS1992 3-4562
kCangjie HIHHH
kCantonese mei6
kCihaiT 1522.401
kDaeJaweon 1994.020
kDefinition kind of forest demon, elf
kFanqie 明祕
kGB5 8820
kGSR 0522a
kHanYu 74428.020
kIRGDaeJaweon 1994.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 74428.020
kIRGKangXi 1460.400
kIRG_GSource G5-7834
kIRG_JSource J14-7D3E
kIRG_KPSource KP1-8C1D
kIRG_KSource K2-703A
kIRG_TSource T3-4562
kJapanese ビ ミ
kJIS0213 2,93,30
kJapaneseKun BAKEMONO
kJapaneseOn BI MI
kJis1 7425
kKangXi 1460.400
kMandarin mèi
kMojiJoho MJ029014
kMorohashi 45764
kPhonetic 893 1101
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+19015+59.3.10 C+19015+194.10.3
kRSUnicode 194.3
kSBGY 350.15
kSemanticVariant U+9B45<kSMSZD2003Index:TZ
kSMSZD2003Index 796.01
kTotalStrokes 12