U+9E90 "麐" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9E90 "麐" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and historical Chinese character that represents a mythical or auspicious creature, often identified as a female unicorn or a variant of the *qilin*, a legendary hooved chimerical beast in East Asian mythology known for its benevolent and prophetic nature. This character falls under the CJK Unified Ideographs block and is composed of the radical for deer (鹿) along with phonetic components, reflecting its meaning and pronunciation. It appears primarily in classical Chinese texts and ancient dictionaries, where it is used to denote the female counterpart of the *lin* (麟), the male qilin, symbolizing good fortune, wisdom, and the appearance of a sage ruler in traditional lore.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9E90
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	麐
HTML Hex Encoding	麐
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0xBA 0x90
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9E90
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009E90
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9e90

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	235D55
kCNS1986	E-5A24
kCNS1992	3-5A24
kCangjie	IPYKR
kCantonese	leon4
kCihaiT	1549.604
kDaeJaweon	2038.240
kDefinition	female of Chinese unicorn
kEACC	235D55
kFanqie	力珍 良刃
kFennIndex	310.03
kHanYu	74731.150
kIRGDaeJaweon	2038.240
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	74731.150
kIRGKangXi	1510.130
kIRG_GSource	GE-575D
kIRG_HSource	H-91AA
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-029799
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-901B
kIRG_KSource	K2-7377
kIRG_TSource	T3-5A24
kJapanese	リン
kKangXi	1510.130
kMandarin	lín
kMatthews	4035
kMojiJoho	MJ029799
kMorohashi	47643
kPhonetic	854
kRSUnicode	198.7
kSBGY	103.35 392.51
kSemanticVariant	U+9E9F<kMatthews
kSMSZD2003Index	821.08
kTaiwanTelegraph	7782
kTotalStrokes	18
kUnihanCore2020	H
kXerox	267:262
kXHC1983	0715.051:lín