U+9B43 "魃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

魃

U+9B43 "魃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character traditionally associated with the mythical being known as the "drought demon" or "goddess of drought" in East Asian folklore. In ancient texts such as the "Classic of Mountains and Seas," the 魃 is depicted as a creature or deity whose presence is said to cause severe drought and withering of crops, often linked to conflicts between celestial or human realms. The character itself is composed of the radical for ghost or demon, "鬼," combining with "犮" to convey its supernatural and harmful nature. While rarely used in modern daily language, it appears in classical literature, mythology, and some historical references, serving as a symbolic representation of natural calamity and spiritual malevolence.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9B43
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	魃
HTML Hex Encoding	魃
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0xAD 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9B43
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009B43
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9b43

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	E8D9
kCCCII	235636
kCNS1986	2-5624
kCNS1992	2-5624
kCangjie	HIIKK
kCantonese	bat6
kCihaiT	1523.104
kDaeJaweon	1995.200
kDefinition	drought demon
kEACC	235636
kFanqie	蒲撥
kFenn	188G
kFennIndex	374.07 419.12
kFourCornerCode	2321.4
kGB0	8741
kGB1	8741
kGSR	0276c
kHangul	발:0N
kHanYu	74430.050
kHanyuPinyin	74430.050:bá
kIICore	AGJKP
kIRGDaeJaweon	1995.200
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	74430.050
kIRGKangXi	1461.240
kIRG_GSource	G0-7749
kIRG_HSource	HB2-E8D9
kIRG_JSource	J0-7231
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-DDAE
kIRG_KSource	K0-5B26
kIRG_TSource	T2-5624
kJapanese	バツハツバチ
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:5761
kJapaneseKun	HIDERI
kJapaneseOn	BATSU HATSU
kJis0	8217
kKangXi	1461.240
kKorean	PAL
kMainlandTelegraph	7610
kMandarin	bá
kMatthews	4851
kMeyerWempe	2246b
kMojiJoho	MJ029020 MJ029020:E0101 MJ059083:E0102
kMorohashi	45806 45806:E0101
kNelson	5279
kPhonetic	1027
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+7302+194.10.5
kRSUnicode	194.5
kSBGY	487.29
kSMSZD2003Index	796.06
kSMSZD2003Readings	bá粵bat6
kTaiwanTelegraph	7610
kTGHZ2013	007.050:bá
kTotalStrokes	14
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kXerox	275:312
kXHC1983	0016.070:bá