U+4E78 "乸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+4E78 "乸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and non-standard Chinese character primarily used in Cantonese dialectal writing and in transliterations of non-Mandarin sounds. It is composed of the radical 乙 (yi, meaning "second" or "hook") and an additional stroke, and its most common pronunciation in Cantonese is "naa," often carrying a feminine or vulgar connotation depending on context, such as in the colloquial term "乸型" (naa4 jing4), meaning effeminate or sissy. In standard Mandarin, the character is not officially recognized in modern usage and appears mostly in specialized dictionaries or historical texts. Its inclusion in the CJK Unified Ideographs block highlights the effort to encode diverse Sinographic characters beyond mainstream Chinese writing systems.