U+9F81 "龁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
龁
U+9F81 "龁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to gnaw" or "to bite," often used in classical or literary contexts. It is composed of the radical "齿" (tooth) on the left, indicating its association with teeth or biting, and the phonetic component "气" (qi, meaning air or breath) on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation. This character is historically attested in ancient Chinese texts, though it is considered rare or obsolete in modern standard Mandarin, appearing more frequently in specialized or historical writings. As part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block in Unicode, it represents a shared element of traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean written language heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9F81 |
| 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 | 龁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 龁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xBE 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9F81 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009F81 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9f81 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 295F7E |
| kCangjie | YUON |
| kCantonese | hat6 |
| kDefinition | gnaw, bite, nibble |
| kFourCornerCode | 2871.7 |
| kGB8 | 9491 |
| kHanYu | 74789.091 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74789.091 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1536.321 |
| kIRG_GSource | G8-7E7B |
| kTGH | 2013:7153 |
| kKangXi | 1536.321 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7878 |
| kMandarin | hé |
| kRSUnicode | 211'.3 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 134.150:hé |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "齕" U+9F55 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0455.020:hé |