U+9CA8 "鲨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9CA8 "鲨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character representing the word for "shark." This ideograph combines the radical for fish (鱼) on the left with a phonetic component on the right, reflecting its meaning as a large, predatory marine fish. Found in modern Mandarin and other Chinese dialects, the character is used in contexts ranging from biological classification to cultural references, including the well-known dish "shark fin soup." Its inclusion in the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) Unified Ideographs block allows for consistent representation across digital systems, supporting East Asian text processing and communication.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9CA8
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	鲨
HTML Hex Encoding	鲨
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0xB2 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9CA8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009CA8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9ca8

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	27617B
kCangjie	EHNWM
kCantonese	saa1
kDefinition	shark
kEACC	27617B
kFourCornerCode	3910
kGB0	8672
kHanYu	74693.030
kIICore	CG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	74693.030
kIRGKangXi	1480.511
kIRG_GSource	G0-7668
kTGH	2013:3294
kKangXi	1480.511
kMainlandTelegraph	7644
kMandarin	shā
kRSUnicode	195'.7
kTGHZ2013	322.170:shā
kTotalStrokes	15
kTraditionalVariant	"鯊" U+9BCA CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	0992.010:shā