U+9F20 "鼠" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
鼠
U+9F20 "鼠" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram representing the concept of a rat or mouse, and it is one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac. In traditional Chinese culture, this character carries a dual symbolism, often associated with fertility and wealth due to the rat's prolific nature, yet also with negative traits like timidity and sneakiness. Its graphical composition depicts the animal's distinctive features, including a head, whiskers, tail, and claws. The character is used across various East Asian writing systems, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where its pronunciation and specific nuances may vary while its core meaning remains consistent.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9F20 |
| 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 | 鼠 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 鼠 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xBC 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9F20 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009F20 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9f20 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B9AB |
| kCCCII | 216278 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6771 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6771 |
| kCangjie | HXVYV |
| kCantonese | syu2 |
| kCihaiT | 1567.405 |
| kCowles | 3985 |
| kDaeJaweon | 2063.230 |
| kDefinition | rat, mouse; Kangxi radical 208 |
| kEACC | 216278 |
| kFanqie | 舒吕 |
| kFenn | 689F |
| kFennIndex | 463.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7771.7 |
| kGB0 | 4283 |
| kGB1 | 4283 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0092a |
| kHangul | 서:0N |
| kHanYu | 74772.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | shǔ(42) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 74772.010:shǔ |
| kHDZRadBreak | ⿏[U+2FCF]:74772.010 |
| kHKGlyph | 4741 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 2063.230 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74772.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1527.140 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4A73 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B9AB |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-414D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E1FE |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6029 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6771 |
| kJapanese | ソ ショ ねずみ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:2958 |
| kJapaneseKun | NEZUMI |
| kJapaneseOn | SO SHO |
| kJis0 | 3345 |
| kKangXi | 1527.140 |
| kKorean | SE |
| kLau | 2905 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7857 |
| kMandarin | shǔ |
| kMatthews | 5871 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2763 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ030001 |
| kMorohashi | 48390 |
| kNelson | 5417 |
| kPhonetic | 1237 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2767+208.13.0 |
| kRSUnicode | 208.0 |
| kSBGY | 257.14 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 829.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | shǔ粵syu2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 7857 |
| kTang | *shiǔ |
| kTGHZ2013 | 341.160:shǔ |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 244:160 |
| kXHC1983 | 1067.070:shǔ |