U+9B47 "魇" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
魇
U+9B47 "魇" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a nightmare or a terrifying dream, often associated with the sensation of being suffocated or pressed upon by a malevolent force during sleep. Its composition combines the radical for "ghost" or "demon" on the left with a phonetic component on the right, reinforcing its connection to supernatural oppression and nocturnal dread. In classical Chinese literature and traditional folklore, this character is used to describe the phenomenon of sleep paralysis or an evil spirit that torments a sleeping person, conveying a deep cultural concept of haunting visions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9B47 |
| 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 | 魇 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 魇 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xAD 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9B47 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009B47 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9b47 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 276173 |
| kCangjie | MIKI |
| kCantonese | jim2 |
| kDefinition | nightmare, bad dreams |
| kEACC | 276173 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7121 |
| kGB0 | 8742 |
| kHanYu | 74432.060 |
| kIICore | CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74432.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1462.121 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-774A |
| kTGH | 2013:5893 |
| kKangXi | 1462.121 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7623 |
| kMandarin | yǎn |
| kPhonetic | 1565A* |
| kRSUnicode | 194.6 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 796.10 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 423.210:yǎn |
| kTotalStrokes | 15 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "魘" U+9B58 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 1329.050:yǎn |