U+9CA4 "鲤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+9CA4 "鲤" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is the Chinese character for "carp," a common ideograph used in East Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. In Mandarin, it is pronounced "lǐ" and refers to the freshwater fish species, particularly the common carp, which holds cultural significance as a symbol of perseverance and success, often associated with the legend of the koi fish swimming upstream to transform into a dragon. The character is composed of the radical "鱼" meaning fish on the left side, and the phonetic component "里" on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation. This ideograph appears in contexts ranging from cuisine to literature, and it is notably used in the Japanese festival "Koi no Takinobori" and the Chinese phrase "鲤鱼跃龙门" meaning a great leap in fortune or achievement.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
鲤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
鲤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE9 0xB2 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x9CA4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00009CA4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u9ca4 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII |
27617C |
| kCangjie |
NMWG |
| kCantonese |
lei5 |
| kDefinition |
carp |
| kEACC |
27617C |
| kFourCornerCode |
2611 |
| kGB0 |
3280 |
| kHanYu |
74691.100 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
lǐ(12) |
| kIICore |
AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
74691.100 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1480.511 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-4070 |
| kTGH |
2013:3276 |
| kKangXi |
1480.511 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
7642 |
| kMandarin |
lǐ |
| kPhonetic |
789* |
| kRSUnicode |
195'.7 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
216.070:lǐ |
| kTotalStrokes |
15 |
| kTraditionalVariant |
"鯉" U+9BC9 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
G |
| kXHC1983 |
0695.040:lǐ |