U+86F4 "蛴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+86F4 "蛴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (simplified form) that traditionally represents a type of grub or insect larva, specifically the larva of the scarab beetle, often used in classical texts such as the "Erya" to refer to the "蛴螬" (qí cáo), a pest found in soil. In modern Chinese, it retains this entomological meaning, appearing in agricultural contexts or in descriptions of underground larvae, and is predominantly read as "qí" in Mandarin. Its traditional counterpart is U+86F4's variant, but the character itself is encoded in the CJK Unified Ideographs block as part of the Unicode Standard to support digital text representation of Chinese literature and everyday usage.