# 妖 U+5996 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5996

A Chinese character meaning “strange, weird, supernatural”, read yāo in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `妖` |
| Codepoint | U+5996 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5996 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `妖` `妖` |
| CSS | `\5996` |
| JavaScript | `\u5996` |
| UTF-8 | E5 A6 96 |
| UTF-16 | 5996 |
| Definition | strange, weird, supernatural |
| Mandarin | yāo |
| Cantonese | jiu1 |
| Japanese | YOU NAMAMEKU |
| Korean | YO |

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- 妚 [U+599A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-599A](https://unicodekit.com/char/599A)
- 妑 [U+5991 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5991](https://unicodekit.com/char/5991)
- 妛 [U+599B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-599B](https://unicodekit.com/char/599B)
- 妐 [U+5990 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5990](https://unicodekit.com/char/5990)
- 妜 [U+599C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-599C](https://unicodekit.com/char/599C)

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