U+9B48 "魈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9B48 "魈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of mythical or mountain-dwelling creature, often described as a monkey-like or goblin-like spirit in folklore, known as a "xiao" or "mountain devil." In classical texts such as the "Shan Hai Jing" (Classic of Mountains and Seas), this being is associated with remote, desolate places and is sometimes linked to drought or eerie occurrences. The character itself combines the radical for demon or ghost on the left side, indicating its supernatural nature, with a phonetic component on the right that provides its pronunciation. This ideograph is used sparingly in modern Chinese, mostly in literary or mythological contexts, and retains a strong cultural resonance in tales of the uncanny and the wilderness.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9B48
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	魈
HTML Hex Encoding	魈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0xAD 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9B48
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009B48
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9b48

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	EF69
kCCCII	23563A
kCNS1986	2-6075
kCNS1992	2-6075
kCangjie	HIFB
kCantonese	siu1
kCihaiT	1523.105
kDaeJaweon	1995.370
kDefinition	mischievous, one footed spirit that dwells in the mountains
kEACC	23563A
kFanqie	相邀
kFourCornerCode	2921.2
kGB0	8744
kGB1	8744
kHangul	소:1N
kHanYu	74433.030
kHanyuPinyin	74433.030:xiāo
kIRGDaeJaweon	1995.370
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	74433.030
kIRGKangXi	1462.150
kIRG_GSource	G0-774C
kIRG_HSource	HB2-EF69
kIRG_JSource	J1-6A3A
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-8C36
kIRG_KSource	K1-6478
kIRG_TSource	T2-6075
kJapanese	ショウ
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:6133
kJapaneseKun	SUDAMA
kJapaneseOn	SHOU
kJis1	7426
kKangXi	1462.150
kKorean	SO
kMainlandTelegraph	7617
kMandarin	xiāo
kMatthews	2614
kMojiJoho	MJ029024
kMorohashi	45841
kPhonetic	220
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+20011+194.10.7
kRSUnicode	194.7
kSBGY	147.04
kSMSZD2003Index	796.11
kSMSZD2003Readings	xiāo粵siu1
kTaiwanTelegraph	7617
kTGHZ2013	403.110:xiāo
kTotalStrokes	16
kUnihanCore2020	GHMT
kXerox	275:313
kXHC1983	1264.040:xiāo