U+F9F3 "麟" CJK Compatibility Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+F9F3 "麟" CJK Compatibility Ideograph-# is a CJK compatibility ideograph from the compatibility block, specifically representing a variant form of a Chinese/Japanese character that corresponds to the standard CJK unified ideograph for "unicorn" or "mythical creature" (typically associated with U+9E93 "麟"). It was originally encoded to maintain round trip compatibility with older East Asian character set standards, such as those used in legacy Japanese or Korean encoding systems, where this specific glyph shape appeared due to historical encoding practices. This character is not intended for general modern text use and is functionally equivalent to its unified counterpart, with its inclusion in Unicode serving primarily to preserve data interchange fidelity with older systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+F9F3
Version Added	1.1
Name	CJK Compatibility Ideograph-#
Block	CJK Compatibility Ideographs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Canonical
Decomposition Mapping	"麟" U+9E9F CJK Unified Ideograph-#

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	麟
HTML Hex Encoding	麟
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEF 0xA7 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding	0xF9F3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000F9F3
C/C++/Java Escape	\uf9f3

Unicode Properties

Full Composition Exclusion	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"麟" U+9E9F CJK Unified Ideograph-#
NFKC Simple Casefold	"麟" U+9E9F CJK Unified Ideograph-#
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

Unihan Properties

kCompatibilityVariant	U+9E9F
kDefinition	female of Chinese unicorn
kHangul	인:0
kIRG_KSource	K0-6C68
kKorean	IN
kRSUnicode	198.12
kTotalStrokes	23