U+9B73 "魳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

魳

U+9B73 "魳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character classified under the radical for "fish" (鱼), used primarily in historical or specialized contexts rather than modern common vocabulary. Its pronunciation and meaning vary depending on regional usage, but it is often associated with a type of fish or a term related to fish preparation in classical texts. The character is encoded in the CJK Unified Ideographs block to support East Asian written languages, particularly for preserving ancient literature or unique local terms. Because of its obscurity, it is not typically found in everyday writing or standard dictionaries, making it more of a curiosity for linguists and scholars studying obscure sinographs.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9B73
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	魳
HTML Hex Encoding	魳
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0xAD 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9B73
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009B73
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9b73

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

kCCCII	25744B
kCangjie	NFMLB
kCantonese	zaap3
kDaeJaweon	2000.090
kDefinition	a barracuda
kFanqie	子荅
kGB5	8631
kHanYu	74676.100
kHanyuPinyin	74676.100:zā,shī
kIRGDaeJaweon	2000.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	74676.100
kIRGKangXi	1466.330
kIRG_GSource	G5-763F
kIRG_JSource	J14-7D45
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-8C89
kIRG_KSource	K2-7051
kIRG_TSource	T4-4F2A
kJapanese	ソウシかます
kJIS0213	2,93,37
kJapaneseKun	BURI KAMASU
kJapaneseOn	SHI SOU
kJis1	7444
kKangXi	1466.330
kMandarin	zā
kMojiJoho	MJ029071
kMorohashi	46020
kNelson	5282
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+15328+195.11.4
kRSUnicode	195.4
kSBGY	535.61
kTotalStrokes	15