U+9B46 "魆" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
魆
U+9B46 "魆" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Han character used historically in Chinese writing, where it carries the meaning of a form of darkness or blackness, often associated with describing deep or mysterious shadows. It is composed of the radical 鬼 (ghost or demon) combined with a phonetic component, reflecting its semantic ties to the supernatural or obscure. This character is rare in modern usage, appearing primarily in classical literature or specialized contexts such as poetry or traditional texts, and its pronunciation in Mandarin is "xū".
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9B46 |
| 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 | 魆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 魆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xAD 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9B46 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009B46 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9b46 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | E8D8 |
| kCCCII | 235635 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-5623 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-5623 |
| kCangjie | HIIV |
| kCantonese | fat1 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1995.270 |
| kDefinition | black |
| kFourCornerCode | 2311.5 |
| kGB3 | 9023 |
| kHanYu | 74430.070 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 74430.070:xū |
| kIICore | BGT |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1995.270 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74430.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1461.340 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-7A37 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-E8D8 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-029023 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-8C2E |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-703D |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-5623 |
| kJapanese | クツ クチ |
| kTGH | 2013:5762 |
| kKangXi | 1461.340 |
| kMandarin | xū |
| kMojiJoho | MJ029023 |
| kMorohashi | 45815 |
| kPhonetic | 1637* |
| kRSUnicode | 194.5 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 796.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xū粵fat1 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 412.210:xū |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 314:346 |
| kXHC1983 | 1300.020:xū |