U+8831 "蠱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
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U+8831 "蠱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily denotes a concept of poison, venom, or a parasitic worm, often associated with ancient Chinese folklore and traditional medicine. In historical contexts, it refers to a type of venomous insect or a curse involving harmful sorcery, particularly the practice of using poisonous creatures to inflict harm or illness. The character is composed of radical elements indicating insects and vessels, reflecting its etymological link to the idea of something toxic or bewitching. It appears in classical texts and modern usage in terms related to poison, obsession, or corruption, such as in the word "蛊惑" meaning to bewitch or mislead.
General Properties
Code Point
U+8831
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
蠱
HTML Hex Encoding
蠱
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE8 0xA0 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding
0x8831
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00008831
C/C++/Java Escape
\u8831
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
C5DB
kCCCII
21573F
kCNS1986
1-7C47
kCNS1992
1-7C47
kCangjie
LILIT
kCantonese
gu2
kCihaiT
1201.401
kCowles
1800
kDaeJaweon
1566.230
kDefinition
poison; venom; harm; bewitch; hexagram ䷑
kEACC
21573F
kFanqie
公戶
kFenn
785I
kFennIndex
261.05
kFourCornerCode
5010.7
kGB1
2538
kGSR
0052a
kHangul
고:0N
kHanYu
42906.090
kHanyuPinyin
42906.090:gǔ,yě
kHKGlyph
3664
kIICore
ATJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42906.090
kIRG_GSource
G1-3946
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C5DB
kIRG_JSource
J0-6A43
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-CFF6
kIRG_KSource
K0-4D4C
kIRG_TSource
T1-7C47
kJapanese
コ ヤ ク
kKoreanName
2015
kJapaneseKun
SOKONAU MADOWASU KOBIRU
kJapaneseOn
KO YA
kJis0
7435
kKangXi
1103.120
kKorean
KO
kLau
1062
kMandarin
gǔ
kMatthews
3475
kMeyerWempe
1262
kMojiJoho
MJ023829
kMorohashi
33867
kNelson
4201
kPhonetic
331 755
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6568+108.5.18 C+6568+142.6.17
kRSUnicode
142.17
kSBGY
266.01
kSimplifiedVariant
kSMSZD2003Index
623.13 458.07
kSMSZD2003Readings
gǔ粵gu2
kTaiwanTelegraph
5872
kTotalStrokes
23
kUnihanCore2020
HJKMPT
kXerox
271:262
kXHC1983
0397.111:gǔ