U+9EF4 "黴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
黴
U+9EF4 "黴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a complex Chinese character that generally conveys meanings related to mold, mildew, or yeast, often associated with decay or fermentation. It can also refer to a type of fungus, and by extension, it carries connotations of something becoming spoiled or aged, such as bread turning moldy. In traditional and classical Chinese texts, the character sometimes appears in the context of a term for a blackish or dark spot, reflecting its radical "黍" which relates to millet or grain, combined with phonetic elements. This character is distinct from the more common simplified form used in modern Chinese for "mold," which is "霉" (U+9709), though both share overlapping semantic fields.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9EF4 |
| 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 | 黴 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 黴 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xBB 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9EF4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009EF4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9ef4 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C5F0 |
| kCCCII | 216271 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7C5C |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7C5C |
| kCangjie | HOUFK |
| kCantonese | mei4 |
| kCihaiT | 1564.405 |
| kDaeJaweon | 2057.030 |
| kDefinition | mold, mildew; bacteria, fungi |
| kEACC | 216271 |
| kFanqie | 武悲 莫佩 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2824.0 |
| kGB1 | 8852 |
| kHangul | 미:0N |
| kHanYu | 20851.250 |
| kHanyuPinlu | méi(13) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 20851.250:méi,mèi |
| kHKGlyph | 4733 |
| kIICore | ATJHKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 2057.030 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 20851.250 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1521.470 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-7854 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C5F0 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-7360 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DCAA |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5A3D |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7C5C |
| kJapanese | バイ ビ ミ マイ メ かび かびる |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | KABI KABIRU |
| kJapaneseOn | BAI BI MAI |
| kJis0 | 8364 |
| kKangXi | 1521.470 |
| kKorean | MI |
| kMandarin | méi |
| kMatthews | 4415 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ029937 MJ029937:E0101 MJ029938:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 48196 48196:E0101 |
| kNelson | 1643 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+7443+60.3.20 C+7443+203.12.11 |
| kRSUnicode | 203.11 |
| kSBGY | 057.17 387.54 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "霉" U+9709 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 827.04 216.08 280.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | méi粵mei4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 7827 |
| kTotalStrokes | 23 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 254:351 |
| kXHC1983 | 0772.031:méi |