U+9E8F "麏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

麏

U+9E8F "麏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of mythological deer or an ambiguous legendary animal, often described as resembling a deer with a single horn or possessing other unusual features in classical texts. Its usage appears in ancient literature and folklore, particularly within Chinese mythological bestiaries, where it is sometimes associated with auspicious omens or elusive beasts. The character is constructed with the radical for "deer" and a phonetic component, highlighting its connection to deer-like creatures in East Asian cultural traditions. Although not commonly used in modern standard Chinese, it remains of interest to scholars of historical linguistics and classical mythology.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9E8F
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	麏
HTML Hex Encoding	麏
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0xBA 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9E8F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009E8F
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9e8f

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	257B5D
kCangjie	IPSKR
kCantonese	gwan1
kDaeJaweon	2038.200
kFanqie	居筠
kGSR	0459i
kHangul	균:1N
kHanYu	74731.170
kIRGDaeJaweon	2038.200
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	74731.170
kIRGKangXi	1510.090
kIRG_GSource	GE-575C
kIRG_JSource	J1-6C63
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-9019
kIRG_KSource	K1-5B48
kIRG_TSource	T4-5F3A
kJapanese	キンクンくじか
kKoreanName	2015
kJapaneseOn	KIN KUN
kJis1	7667
kKangXi	1510.090
kKorean	KYUN
kMandarin	jūn
kMojiJoho	MJ029798
kMorohashi	47639
kPhonetic	722
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+23021+198.11.7
kRSUnicode	198.7
kSBGY	105.28
kTotalStrokes	18