U+9FD9 "鿙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

鿙

U+9FD9 "鿙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character that was added to the Unicode standard as part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, specifically within the extension for infrequently used or historical Chinese characters. Its precise meaning and common usage remain obscure, as it is not a standard character in modern Chinese or Japanese scripts, and it appears primarily in specialized contexts such as ancient texts, liturgical manuals, or proper names. This character reflects the ongoing effort to encode the vast array of ideographs across East Asian writing systems, ensuring that even highly specific or archaic symbols are digitally preserved for scholarly and cultural purposes.

General Properties

Code Point	U+9FD9
Version Added	10.0
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	鿙
HTML Hex Encoding	鿙
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE9 0xBF 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding	0x9FD9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00009FD9
C/C++/Java Escape	\u9fd9

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

kIRG_USource	UTC-01183
kRSUnicode	9.11
kTotalStrokes	13