U+9CCC "鳌" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+9CCC "鳌" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that depicts a mythological sea turtle or giant tortoise, often associated with strength and longevity in East Asian culture. In Chinese mythology, the 鳌 is famously linked to the legend of Nuwa repairing the sky, where she used the legs of a giant sea turtle to support the heavens after a catastrophic collapse. The character is also commonly used in modern Chinese in the term “独占鳌头” (dú zhàn áo tóu), which metaphorically means to take the leading position or to be the top candidate, such as in imperial examinations or competitive contexts. Composed of the radical for fish (鱼) and the phonetic component 敖 (áo), the character reflects both its aquatic nature and its cultural significance as a symbol of dominance and stability.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
鳌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
鳌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE9 0xB3 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x9CCC |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00009CCC |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u9ccc |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII |
295925 |
| kCangjie |
QKNWM |
| kCantonese |
ngou4 |
| kDefinition |
huge sea turtle |
| kEACC |
295925 |
| kFourCornerCode |
5810 |
| kGB0 |
8701 |
| kHanYu |
74704.170 |
| kIICore |
CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
74704.170 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1480.511 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-7721 |
| kTGH |
2013:6311 |
| kKangXi |
1480.511 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
7663 |
| kMandarin |
áo |
| kRSUnicode |
195'.10 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
005.100:áo |
| kTotalStrokes |
18 |
| kTraditionalVariant |
"鰲" U+9C32 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
G |
| kXHC1983 |
0011.160:áo |