U+9E29 "鸩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9E29 "鸩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that refers to a legendary poisonous bird often mentioned in ancient Chinese folklore and texts. This bird was believed to have feathers so toxic that they could be used to poison wine or food, and the character itself is composed of the bird radical (鸟/鳥) and the phonetic component "冘" to suggest its pronunciation. In modern usage, "鸩" appears primarily in historical or literary contexts and in terms like "鸩酒" meaning poisoned wine, symbolizing a dangerous or treacherous substance.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9E29
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	鸩
HTML Hex Encoding	鸩
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0xB8 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9E29
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009E29
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9e29

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	276234
kCangjie	LUPYM
kCantonese	zam6
kDefinition	a bird resembling the secretary falcon
kEACC	276234
kFourCornerCode	4702
kGB0	8018
kHanYu	74621.070
kIICore	CG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	74621.070
kIRGKangXi	1505.141
kIRG_GSource	G0-7032
kTGH	2013:4373
kKangXi	1505.141
kMainlandTelegraph	7690
kMandarin	zhèn
kRSUnicode	196'.4
kTGHZ2013	472.140:zhèn
kTotalStrokes	9
kTraditionalVariant	"鴆" U+9D06 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	1469.110:zhèn