U+86DD "蛝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+86DD "蛝" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Hanzi) that primarily refers to a type of insect, specifically the "egg sac of a mantis" or a kind of parasitic worm, and it is also an ancient term used to denote the "ant" in certain classical texts. In modern usage, this character is considered rare and appears mainly in historical or specialized linguistic contexts, such as in the study of ancient zoological classifications or literature. Its composition includes the radical 虫 (chong, meaning "insect" or "creature") and a phonetic component that hints at its pronunciation, which in Standard Mandarin is "xián" or occasionally "yín" depending on the reading tradition.