U+87E3 "蟣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+87E3 "蟣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in traditional and classical texts, composed of the insect radical (虫) over the phonetic component "幾," and its primary meaning refers to a parasitic insect such as a louse or nit, specifically the egg or young of a louse found in human hair or clothing. In historical and literary contexts, it appears in phrases related to hygiene or infestation, and it is considered a variant or traditional form of the simplified character "虮" in modern Mandarin usage, though it remains less common in contemporary writing. This character is included in the CJK Unified Ideographs block under the standard encoding for East Asian scripts, allowing for consistent digital representation across systems.