U+9EFF "黿" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

黿

U+9EFF "黿" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that represents a giant softshell turtle, often specifically referring to the species Pelochelys bibroni or a mythological turtle-like creature. In ancient Chinese texts and mythology, this character is associated with a large aquatic reptile that was sometimes believed to have a head resembling that of a dragon and was considered a symbol of strength and longevity. The character is composed of the radical for turtle (黽) and the phonetic component 元, and it appears in historical literature, including the Classic of Mountains and Seas, where it denotes a powerful and sometimes monstrous beast. Its usage today is rare, primarily found in classical references, historical names, or specialized contexts such as the study of ancient Chinese zoology and folklore.

General Properties

Code Point U+9EFF
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 黿
HTML Hex Encoding 黿
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0xBB 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding 0x9EFF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00009EFF
C/C++/Java Escape \u9eff

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

kBigFive EFB1
kCCCII 235E7C
kCNS1986 2-613D
kCNS1992 2-613D
kCangjie MMUU
kCantonese jyun4
kCihaiT 1565.101
kDaeJaweon 2059.030
kDefinition large turtle, sea turtle
kEACC 235E7C
kFanqie 愚袁 五丸
kFenn 388I
kFennIndex 651.01
kFourCornerCode 1071.6
kGB1 8629
kGSR 0257e
kHangul 원:1N
kHanYu 74768.060
kHanyuPinyin 74768.060:yuán
kIICore CT
kIRGDaeJaweon 2059.030
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 74768.060
kIRGKangXi 1523.110
kIRG_GSource G1-763D
kIRG_HSource HB2-EFB1
kIRG_JSource J14-7E5E
kIRG_KPSource KP1-9165
kIRG_KSource K1-6956
kIRG_TSource T2-613D
kJapanese ゲン ガン あおうみがめ
kKoreanName 2015
kJIS0213 2,94,62
kJapaneseKun AOUMIGAME
kJapaneseOn GEN GAN
kJis1 7702
kKangXi 1523.110
kKorean WEN
kMandarin yuán
kMatthews 7711
kMeyerWempe 3669n
kMojiJoho MJ029954
kMorohashi 48261
kPhonetic 1624
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+19113+205.13.4
kRSUnicode 205.4
kSBGY 113.10 124.17
kSimplifiedVariant "鼋" U+9F0B CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index 827.12
kSMSZD2003Readings yuán粵jyun4
kTaiwanTelegraph 7837
kTang ngiuæn
kTotalStrokes 17
kUnihanCore2020 HMT
kXerox 273:054
kXHC1983 1420.041:yuán