U+9F0D "鼍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+9F0D "鼍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character representing a specific type of reptile, commonly understood as the Chinese alligator or a large crocodilian creature, often referred to as the "yangzi alligator" or "tuo" in Mandarin. This character is part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block, and its traditional usage appears in classical Chinese literature and cultural references, where it symbolizes power, water, or mythological significance due to the animal's formidable nature. In modern contexts, it is less frequently used in everyday language but remains recognized in zoological terms, historical texts, and as a component in certain compound words, highlighting its role in preserving linguistic and ecological heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+9F0D
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 鼍
HTML Hex Encoding 鼍
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0xBC 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding 0x9F0D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00009F0D
C/C++/Java Escape \u9f0d

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 295F2B
kCangjie XRRWM
kCantonese to4
kDefinition large reptile, water lizard
kEACC 295F2B
kFourCornerCode 6671
kGB0 8630
kHanYu 74771.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 74771.060
kIRGKangXi 1525.071
kIRG_GSource G0-763E
kTGH 2013:6430
kKangXi 1525.071
kMainlandTelegraph 7842
kMandarin tuó
kPhonetic 1294*
kRSUnicode 205'.12
kTGHZ2013 376.040:tuó
kTotalStrokes 20
kTraditionalVariant "鼉" U+9F09 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020 G
kXHC1983 1174.030:tuó