U+9EFE "黾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

黾

U+9EFE "黾" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character with a rich history and varied meanings across East Asian languages. In classical Chinese, it originally depicted a frog or toad, and it appears in ancient texts as a component of the word for "toad" in the context of the mythical moon-dwelling creature. In modern usage, particularly in mainland China, it is most commonly recognized as a simplified Chinese character that serves as a phonetic component in the character "鼋" (yuán, meaning a large turtle) and is also used as a rare surname. In Japanese, the character is read as "bō" or "kaeru" and can mean a frog or toad, though it is not a commonly used character in everyday writing. Its structure combines the semantic component for "insect" or "reptile" with a phonetic element, reflecting its original connection to amphibians.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9EFE
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	黾
HTML Hex Encoding	黾
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0xBB 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9EFE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009EFE
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9efe

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	235E7B
kCNS1986	E-2772
kCNS1992	3-2772
kCangjie	RLWU
kCantonese	man5
kDaeJaweon	2058.210
kDefinition	to strive; to endeavor
kEACC	295E7A
kFourCornerCode	6071
kGB0	8628
kHanYu	74768.020
kIRGDaeJaweon	2058.210
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	74768.020
kIRGKangXi	1523.100
kIRG_GSource	G0-763C
kIRG_HSource	H-9AA1
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-029953
kIRG_TSource	T3-2772
kJapanese	ボウ
kTGH	2013:3913
kKangXi	1523.100
kMainlandTelegraph	7836
kMandarin	mǐn
kMojiJoho	MJ029953
kMorohashi	48258
kPhonetic	879
kRSUnicode	205'.0
kSimplifiedVariant	"黾" U+9EFE CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	99.17
kTang	miɛ̌n mǐn
kTGHZ2013	254.030:mǐn
kTotalStrokes	8
kTraditionalVariant	"黽" U+9EFD CJK Unified Ideograph-# "黾" U+9EFE CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	GH
kXHC1983	0785.110:miǎn 0792.080:mǐn