U+9B56 "魖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

魖

U+9B56 "魖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese ideograph used primarily in classical or literary contexts, representing a type of legendary beast or a demonic entity often associated with darkness and chaos in ancient mythology. This character falls under the radical "鬼" (ghost or demon), which underscores its supernatural and ominous connotations. While extremely rare in modern Chinese, Japanese, or Korean usage, it appears in historical texts and dictionaries, symbolizing a malevolent spirit or a creature of the night. Its esoteric nature makes it more of a linguistic artifact than a practical everyday character.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9B56
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	魖
HTML Hex Encoding	魖
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0xAD 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9B56
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009B56
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9b56

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

kAlternateTotalStrokes	22:J
kBigFive	F7A8
kCCCII	23564D
kCNS1986	2-6E55
kCNS1992	2-6E55
kCangjie	HIYPM
kCantonese	heoi1
kCihaiT	1524.201
kDaeJaweon	1997.140
kFanqie	朽居
kFourCornerCode	2111.1
kGB3	9034
kHanYu	74437.120
kHanyuPinyin	74437.120:xū
kIRGDaeJaweon	1997.140
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	74437.120
kIRGKangXi	1463.140
kIRG_GSource	G3-7A42
kIRG_HSource	HB2-F7A8
kIRG_JSource	J1-6A3E
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-8C59
kIRG_KSource	K2-7041
kIRG_TSource	T2-6E55
kJapanese	コキョ
kJapaneseOn	KYO KO
kJis1	7430
kKangXi	1463.140
kMandarin	xū
kMojiJoho	MJ029042
kMorohashi	45925
kPhonetic	515*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+22953+194.10.12
kRSUnicode	194.12
kSBGY	069.30
kTotalStrokes	20
kUnihanCore2020	HMT