U+9B8E "鮎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+9B8E "鮎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Han character that primarily represents a type of freshwater fish, specifically the sweetfish or ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis), which is native to East Asia and highly regarded in Japanese cuisine and angling culture. In Chinese, this character can also refer to a catfish or sometimes a different species depending on context. Its composition includes the radical for "fish" (魚) on the left, indicating its aquatic nature, and a phonetic component on the right. The character is used in written Chinese and Japanese, where it appears in words related to fishing, traditional dishes, and seasonal symbolism, often associated with summer and river ecosystems.
General Properties
Code Point
U+9B8E
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
鮎
HTML Hex Encoding
鮎
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE9 0xAE 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding
0x9B8E
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00009B8E
C/C++/Java Escape
\u9b8e
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kCCCII
235729
kCNS1986
E-5425
kCNS1992
3-5425
kCangjie
NFYR
kCantonese
nim4
kCihaiT
1527.301
kDaeJaweon
2001.160
kDefinition
sheatfish, Parasilurus asotus
kEACC
235729
kFanqie
奴兼
kFenn
720K
kFennIndex
363.04
kFourCornerCode
2136.0
kGB1
8651
kHangul
점:0N
kHanYu
74680.140
kHanyuPinyin
74680.140:nián
kIICore
AJKP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74680.140
kIRG_GSource
G1-7653
kIRG_HSource
H-916D
kIRG_JSource
J0-303E
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E8B3
kIRG_KSource
K0-6F46
kIRG_TSource
T3-5425
kIRG_VSource
V2-9151
kJapanese
デン ネン あゆ なまず
kJinmeiyoKanji
2010
kKoreanName
2015
kJapaneseKun
AYU NAMAZU
kJapaneseOn
NEN
kJis0
1630
kKangXi
1468.100
kKorean
CEM
kMandarin
nián
kMatthews
4713
kMojiJoho
MJ029104 MJ029104:E0101 MJ029103:E0102 MJ059095:E0103
kMorohashi
46070 46070:E0101
kNelson
5288
kPhonetic
177
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+1154+195.11.5
kRSUnicode
195.5
kSBGY
229.16
kSemanticVariant
U+9BF0<kSMSZD2003Index:T
kSimplifiedVariant
kSMSZD2003Index
798.05
kSMSZD2003Readings
nián粵nim4
kTaiwanTelegraph
7630
kTotalStrokes
16
kUnihanCore2020
HJKP
kXerox
273:046