U+9B49 "魉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
魉
U+9B49 "魉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in the term "魍魉" (wǎng liǎng), which refers to mythical creatures or demons in Chinese folklore, often described as malevolent water spirits or monsters that dwell in the mountains and rivers. It belongs to the radical for ghost or demon (鬼) and is composed of 15 strokes, classified under the CJK Unified Ideographs block for representing shared Chinese, Japanese, and Korean written forms. In modern usage, the character appears in literary or classical contexts, especially in phrases like "魍魉魑魅" denoting evil spirits, but it is not commonly used in everyday contemporary language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9B49 |
| 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 | 魉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 魉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xAD 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9B49 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009B49 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9b49 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 29563C |
| kCNS1986 | E-573F |
| kCNS1992 | 3-573F |
| kCangjie | HIMOB |
| kCantonese | loeng5 |
| kDefinition | a kind of monster |
| kEACC | 29563C |
| kFourCornerCode | 2151 |
| kGB0 | 8743 |
| kHanYu | 74432.310 |
| kIICore | CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74432.310 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1462.241 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-774B |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-573F |
| kTGH | 2013:6132 |
| kKangXi | 1462.241 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7619 |
| kMandarin | liǎng |
| kMorohashi | 45870 |
| kPhonetic | 799* |
| kRSUnicode | 194.7 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 796.12 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 221.110:liǎng |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "魎" U+9B4E CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0709.050:liǎng |