U+9FFD "鿽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
鿽
U+9FFD "鿽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a relatively recent addition to the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) ideograph block, encoded in Unicode version 11.0 in 2018. This character represents a rare or historical Chinese character, typically used in classical or specialized texts, and its exact meaning is often tied to context within older literature, sometimes referring to a type of plant, a component in a compound, or a phonetic element in proper names. As with many seldom-used CJK characters, "鿽" helps preserve the digital representation of ancient or obscure characters that might otherwise be lost, ensuring accurate transcription and research in fields like linguistics and sinology.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+9FFD |
| Version Added | 14.0 |
| 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 | 鿽 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 鿽 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE9 0xBF 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x9FFD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00009FFD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u9ffd |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kIRG_MSource | MC-00134 |
| kIRG_USource | UTC-00441 |
| kPhonetic | 15* |
| kRSUnicode | 30.10 |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |