U+9F09 "鼉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
鼉
U+9F09 "鼉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a complex Chinese character that traditionally refers to a large aquatic reptile, specifically the Chinese alligator or a similar crocodilian creature, often depicted in classical texts as a type of dragon or water monster. Historically, this character appears in ancient Chinese literature and oracle bone scripts, where it symbolized power and danger associated with marshlands and rivers. In modern usage, it is rarely employed in everyday language but remains significant in historical studies, paleography, and as a component in some regional names or literary references.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9F09 |
| 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 | 鼉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 鼉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xBC 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9F09 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009F09 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9f09 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | F965 |
| kCCCII | 235F2B |
| kCNS1986 | 2-7154 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-7154 |
| kCangjie | RRWMU |
| kCantonese | to4 |
| kCihaiT | 1565.601 |
| kDaeJaweon | 2060.100 |
| kDefinition | Chinese allegator (Alligator sinensis) |
| kFanqie | 徒河 |
| kFenn | 316K |
| kFennIndex | 533.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6671.7 |
| kGB1 | 8630 |
| kGSR | 0147e' |
| kHangul | 타:1N |
| kHanYu | 74771.040 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 74771.040:tuó |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 2060.100 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74771.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1525.010 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-763E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-F965 |
| kIRG_JSource | J1-6D25 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-9179 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-7138 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-7154 |
| kJapanese | タ ダ タン ダン セン ゼン |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | WANI |
| kJapaneseOn | TA DA TAN DAN SEN ZEN |
| kJis1 | 7705 |
| kKangXi | 1525.010 |
| kKorean | THA |
| kMandarin | tuó |
| kMatthews | 6453 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3188g |
| kMojiJoho | MJ029973 |
| kMorohashi | 48306 |
| kPhonetic | 1294 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+20044+205.13.12 |
| kRSUnicode | 205.12 |
| kSBGY | 159.35 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "鼍" U+9F0D CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 828.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | tuó粵to4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 7842 |
| kTang | dhɑ |
| kTotalStrokes | 25 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kXerox | 277:143 |
| kXHC1983 | 1174.031:tuó |