U+9E5E "鹞" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9E5E "鹞" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that represents a species of bird of prey, specifically the harrier or a similar hawk-like raptor. This ideograph is composed of the radical for "bird" and a phonetic component, and it appears in classical and modern Chinese texts to denote a swift, agile hunter of the sky. In a broader cultural context, the character is sometimes used in ancient poetry and literature to evoke images of falconry or the untamed wilderness, and it remains a recognized part of East Asian typography within the Unified CJK block.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9E5E
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	鹞
HTML Hex Encoding	鹞
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0xB9 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9E5E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009E5E
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9e5e

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	276248
kCangjie	BUPYM
kCantonese	jiu6
kCowles	1393
kDefinition	sparrow hawk; kite shaped like
kEACC	276248
kFourCornerCode	2772
kGB0	8046
kHanYu	74651.160
kIICore	CG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	74651.160
kIRGKangXi	1505.141
kIRG_GSource	G0-704E
kTGH	2013:5965
kKangXi	1505.141
kMainlandTelegraph	7740
kMandarin	yào
kPhonetic	1597*
kRSUnicode	196'.10
kTGHZ2013	428.160:yào
kTotalStrokes	15
kTraditionalVariant	"鷂" U+9DC2 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	1344.010:yào