U+9F99 "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+9F99 "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is the traditional Japanese kyujitai and Chinese character for "dragon," representing a mythical creature deeply embedded in East Asian folklore, symbolizing power, strength, and good fortune. It is visually characterized by its distinct strokes forming a sinuous, serpentine shape with a prominent head and claws, and it unifies variant glyphs across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems. In modern usage, this character appears in names, idioms, and cultural references, often conveying a sense of majesty or auspiciousness, while its simplified Chinese counterpart is 龙 (U+9F99 in the simplified block).

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
龙
HTML Hex Encoding
龙
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE9 0xBE 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding
0x9F99
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00009F99
C/C++/Java Escape
\u9f99

Unihan Properties

kCCCII
27632B
kCangjie
IKP
kCantonese
lung4
kDefinition
dragon; symbolic of emperor
kEACC
27632B
kFourCornerCode
4301
kGB0
3390
kHanYu
74804.010
kHanyuPinlu
lóng(76)
kIICore
AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
74804.010
kIRG_GSource
G0-417A
kIRG_HSource
H-89C8
kIRG_TSource
TF-2159
kTGH
2013:221
kKangXi
1537.251
kMainlandTelegraph
7893
kMandarin
lóng
kPhonetic
856 923
kRSUnicode
212'.0
kTGHZ2013
229.160:lóng
kTotalStrokes
5
kUnihanCore2020
GH
kXHC1983
0730.110:lóng