U+8291 "芑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
芑
U+8291 "芑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character classified under the radical for grass or plant, and it primarily refers to a type of millet or grain, specifically white millet, which was historically used in ancient China for ritual offerings and as a staple food. This glyph also carries a secondary meaning of a plant's young shoot or sprout, symbolizing growth and new beginnings in some classical texts. The character is moderately rare in modern usage, but it retains significance in historical and literary contexts, particularly in Confucian classics and early Chinese agricultural records.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8291 |
| 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 | 芑 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 芑 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8A 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8291 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008291 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8291 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | CB7D |
| kCCCII | 227C25 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-247D |
| kCNS1992 | 2-247D |
| kCangjie | TSU |
| kCantonese | hei2 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1476.170 |
| kDefinition | white millet |
| kEACC | 227C25 |
| kFanqie | 墟里 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4471.7 |
| kGB0 | 6027 |
| kGB1 | 6027 |
| kGSR | 0953q |
| kHanYu | 53177.020 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53177.020:qǐ |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1476.170 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53177.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1018.190 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5C3B |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-CB7D |
| kIRG_JSource | J1-5737 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6D0C |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5721 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-247D |
| kJapanese | キ ギ |
| kTGH | 2013:3582 |
| kJapaneseKun | CHISA |
| kJapaneseOn | KI GI |
| kJis1 | 5523 |
| kKangXi | 1018.190 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5344 |
| kMandarin | qǐ |
| kMeyerWempe | 1108f |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021522 MJ021522:E0101 MJ021524:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 30681:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 597 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+19732+49.3.3 C+19732+140.3.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.3 |
| kSBGY | 253.17 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 571.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | qǐ粵hei2 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 292.190:qǐ |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 306:071 |
| kXHC1983 | 0901.010:qǐ |