U+9F9F "龟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9F9F "龟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is the simplified Chinese character for "turtle" or "tortoise," and it corresponds to the traditional form "龜" (U+9F9C). This ideograph belongs to the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) Unified Ideographs block in the Unicode standard, which encodes characters used in East Asian writing systems. In Chinese culture, the turtle is a powerful symbol of longevity, wisdom, and endurance, and the character is commonly used in words like "乌龟" (wūguī, turtle) and as a component in other characters or names. It is written with a total of 7 strokes in simplified form and is widely recognized across various digital platforms and fonts that support CJK characters.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9F9F
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	龟
HTML Hex Encoding	龟
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0xBE 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9F9F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009F9F
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9f9f

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	27632D
kCangjie	NWU
kCantonese	gwai1
kDefinition	turtle or tortoise; cuckold
kEACC	27632D
kFourCornerCode	2771
kGB0	2574
kHanYu	74809.020
kHanyuPinlu	guī(11)
kIICore	AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	74809.020
kIRGKangXi	1538.241
kIRG_GSource	G0-396A
kIRG_HSource	H-8DAA
kTGH	2013:808
kKangXi	1538.241
kMainlandTelegraph	7898
kMandarin	guī
kPhonetic	709
kRSUnicode	213'.0
kSimplifiedVariant	"龟" U+9F9F CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kTGHZ2013	123.140:guī 189.210:jūn 305.130:qiū
kTotalStrokes	7
kTraditionalVariant	"龜" U+9F9C CJK Unified Ideograph-# "龟" U+9F9F CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	GH
kXHC1983	0418.060:guī 0624.020:jūn 0939.100:qiū