U+8288 "芈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
芈
U+8288 "芈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that historically served as a surname during the ancient Zhou dynasty, most notably associated with the royal house of the state of Chu. Its meaning is linked to a bleating sound, often related to goats or sheep, and it is composed of the radical for grass or plants combined with a phonetic component. In modern usage, it is rare as a surname but gained broader recognition through its appearance in popular culture, such as in the novel and television series "The Legend of Miyue," where it refers to the lead character, a historical queen dowager of the Qin state.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8288 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 芈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 芈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8A 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8288 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008288 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8288 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCangjie | XTQ |
| kCantonese | me1 |
| kDefinition | bleat of sheep; surname |
| kEACC | 216330 |
| kFanqie | 綿婢 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1150 |
| kGB0 | 5634 |
| kGB1 | 5634 |
| kHanYu | 53174.060 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53174.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1019.061 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5842 |
| kTGH | 2013:6588 |
| kJapaneseOn | BA MA BI MI |
| kKangXi | 1019.061 |
| kKorean | MI |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 9090 |
| kMandarin | mǐ |
| kPhonetic | 1530 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.3 |
| kSBGY | 245.18 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 250.050:mǐ |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "羋" U+7F8B CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0782.050:mǐ |