U+9F88 "龈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
龈
U+9F88 "龈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to the gums or gingiva in the mouth, forming part of the oral anatomy. In modern Chinese, it is commonly used in the word "牙龈" meaning gums, and it also appears in dental or medical contexts. The character belongs to the Kangxi radical 齿 tooth, and its structure combines the semantic component for tooth with a phonetic element, reflecting its etymological connection to the mouth and chewing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9F88 |
| 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 | 龈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 龈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xBE 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9F88 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009F88 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9f88 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 276325 |
| kCangjie | YUAV |
| kCantonese | ngan4 |
| kDefinition | gums |
| kEACC | 276325 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2773 |
| kGB0 | 8624 |
| kHanYu | 74794.060 |
| kIICore | CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 74794.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1536.321 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-7638 |
| kTGH | 2013:5691 |
| kKangXi | 1536.321 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 7883 |
| kMandarin | yín |
| kRSUnicode | 211'.6 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 437.220:yín |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "齦" U+9F66 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0645.011:kěn 1378.140:yín |