U+9CEF "鳯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9CEF "鳯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a classical Chinese character representing a phoenix, a mythical bird symbolizing grace, prosperity, and virtue in East Asian cultures. This specific form is an alternative or variant of the more common character "鳳," often found in historical texts, calligraphy, and traditional names. It belongs to the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) Unified Ideographs block, which encodes characters used across these languages for consistent digital representation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9CEF
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	鳯
HTML Hex Encoding	鳯
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0xB3 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9CEF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009CEF
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9cef

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

kCNS1986	E-4567
kCNS1992	3-4567
kCangjie	HNHAF
kCantonese	fung6
kDefinition	male phoenix; symbol of joy
kHanYu	74614.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	74614.040
kIRGKangXi	1482.021
kIRG_GSource	GE-5656
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-029422
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-8DE5
kIRG_MSource	MD-9CEF
kIRG_TSource	T3-4567
kJapanese	ホウ
kJapaneseKun	OOTORI HOUOU
kJapaneseOn	HOU FUU
kKangXi	1482.021
kKarlgren	18
kKorean	PONG
kMandarin	fèng
kMojiJoho	MJ029422
kMorohashi	46657
kRSUnicode	196.2
kTotalStrokes	13