U+9D43 "鵃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

鵃

U+9D43 "鵃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily refers to the Chinese term "zhou," denoting a type of small boat or skiff, though its usage has expanded in classical and literary contexts to encompass related nautical or watercraft concepts. This ideograph, which is part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified block, combines the radical for "bird" (鸟) with the phonetic component "舟" (zhou, meaning boat), reflecting its etymological link to avian imagery in some historical interpretations. In modern Chinese, it appears less frequently in everyday language but remains present in specialized terminology, historical texts, and proper nouns, where it conveys a sense of antiquity or specificity. Its encoding in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across platforms, preserving its role in East Asian written heritage.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9D43
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	鵃
HTML Hex Encoding	鵃
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0xB5 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9D43
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009D43
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9d43

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

kBigFive	EFA3
kCCCII	235A6A
kCNS1986	2-612F
kCNS1992	2-612F
kCangjie	HYHAF
kCantonese	zau1
kCihaiT	1539.303
kDaeJaweon	2020.090
kDefinition	ancient name for a bird with black featers and a short tail
kFanqie	止遙陟交都了
kFourCornerCode	2742.7
kGB3	6959
kHanYu	74630.120
kHanyuPinyin	74630.120:zhōu,diǎo
kIRGDaeJaweon	2020.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	74630.120
kIRGKangXi	1489.080
kIRG_GSource	G3-655B
kIRG_HSource	HB2-EFA3
kIRG_JSource	J13-7E5A
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-8E5B
kIRG_KSource	K2-724A
kIRG_TSource	T2-612F
kJapanese	ショウチュウチュトウチョウ
kJIS0213	1,94,58
kJapaneseOn	CHUU CHU
kJis1	7579
kKangXi	1489.080
kMandarin	zhōu
kMojiJoho	MJ029513 MJ029513:E0101 MJ029514:E0102
kMorohashi	30535 30535:E0101 46892:E0102
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+17220+137.6.11 C+17220+196.11.6
kRSUnicode	196.6
kSBGY	149.23 154.12
kSimplifiedVariant	"鸼" U+9E3C CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	812.04 569.15
kSMSZD2003Readings	zhōu粵zau1
kTotalStrokes	17
kUnihanCore2020	HMT