# 螙 U+8799 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8799

A Chinese character meaning “grubs in wood, worms in books, clothes, etc. used figuratively of corrupt officials”, read dù in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `螙` |
| Codepoint | U+8799 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8799 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `螙` `螙` |
| CSS | `\8799` |
| JavaScript | `\u8799` |
| UTF-8 | E8 9E 99 |
| UTF-16 | 8799 |
| Definition | grubs in wood, worms in books, clothes, etc. used figuratively of corrupt officials |
| Mandarin | dù |
| Cantonese | dou3 |

## Related characters

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- 螚 [U+879A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-879A](https://unicodekit.com/char/879A)
- 螗 [U+8797 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8797](https://unicodekit.com/char/8797)
- 螛 [U+879B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-879B](https://unicodekit.com/char/879B)
- 螖 [U+8796 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8796](https://unicodekit.com/char/8796)
- 螜 [U+879C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-879C](https://unicodekit.com/char/879C)
- 螕 [U+8795 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8795](https://unicodekit.com/char/8795)
- 螝 [U+879D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-879D](https://unicodekit.com/char/879D)
- 螔 [U+8794 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8794](https://unicodekit.com/char/8794)
- 螞 [U+879E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-879E](https://unicodekit.com/char/879E)
- 螓 [U+8793 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8793](https://unicodekit.com/char/8793)
- 螟 [U+879F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-879F](https://unicodekit.com/char/879F)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/8799 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/8799