U+8785 "螅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
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U+8785 "螅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of intestinal parasite, specifically the roundworm or hookworm, and is often used in classical and medical contexts to denote organisms that infest the human body. In modern usage, it appears in compound terms related to parasitic infections, such as "蛔螅" for ascariasis. The character belongs to the radical for insects or worms, reflecting its biological association, and its pronunciation varies across Chinese dialects, typically rendered as "xī" in Mandarin.
General Properties
Code Point
U+8785
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
螅
HTML Hex Encoding
螅
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE8 0x9E 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding
0x8785
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00008785
C/C++/Java Escape
\u8785
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
EB67
kCCCII
232B53
kCNS1986
2-5A35
kCNS1992
2-5A35
kCangjie
LIHUP
kCantonese
sik1
kDaeJaweon
1557.160
kDefinition
intestinal worm
kEACC
232B53
kFanqie
去例
kFourCornerCode
5613.0
kGB0
8303
kGB1
8303
kHanYu
42879.020
kHanyuPinyin
42879.020:xī,cì
kIICore
BGT
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42879.020
kIRG_GSource
G0-7323
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EB67
kIRG_JSource
J1-5B3A
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-723D
kIRG_KSource
K2-5C67
kIRG_TSource
T2-5A35
kJapanese
シ
kTGH
2013:6100
kJapaneseOn
SHI SHITSU
kJis1
5926
kKangXi
1092.260
kMainlandTelegraph
7911
kMandarin
xī
kMojiJoho
MJ023624
kMorohashi
33367
kPhonetic
1187
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+22438+142.6.10
kRSUnicode
142.10
kSMSZD2003Index
618.16
kSMSZD2003Readings
xī粵sik1
kTGHZ2013
393.110:xī
kTotalStrokes
16
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kXerox
321:127
kXHC1983
1232.010:xī