U+8299 "芙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
芙
U+8299 "芙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a component in botanical terms, most famously as part of the word "芙蓉" (fúróng), which refers to the lotus flower or hibiscus, depending on context. In classical literature and poetry, "芙" evokes beauty and purity, often associated with floral elegance. Its structure combines the radical for grass (艹) on top to indicate its plant-related meaning, with the phonetic component "夫" (fū) providing pronunciation cues. This character is also used in female given names and place names across East Asian cultures, reflecting its long-standing aesthetic and symbolic value.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8299 |
| 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 | 芙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 芙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8A 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8299 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008299 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8299 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AADC |
| kCCCII | 215456 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4F3F |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4F3F |
| kCangjie | TQO |
| kCantonese | fu4 |
| kCihaiT | 1128.202 |
| kCowles | 833 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1476.260 |
| kDefinition | hibiscus |
| kEACC | 215456 |
| kFanqie | 防無 |
| kFenn | 465K |
| kFennIndex | 140.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4453.0 |
| kGB0 | 6029 |
| kGB1 | 6029 |
| kGSR | 0101h |
| kHangul | 부:0N |
| kHanYu | 53177.110 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53177.110:fú |
| kHKGlyph | 3408 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1476.260 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53177.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1019.090 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5C3D |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AADC |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4967 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DEFA |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5D33 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4F3F |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-645A |
| kJapanese | フ はす |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:661 |
| kJapaneseKun | HASU |
| kJapaneseOn | FU |
| kJis0 | 4171 |
| kKangXi | 1019.090 |
| kKarlgren | 41 |
| kKorean | PWU |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5346 |
| kMandarin | fú |
| kMatthews | 1911 |
| kMeyerWempe | 563 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021537 MJ021537:E0101 MJ021538:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 30694:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 380 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3545+140.3.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.4 |
| kSBGY | 078.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 571.13 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | fú粵fu4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5346 |
| kTang | *bhio |
| kTGHZ2013 | 100.030:fú |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | phù |
| kXerox | 265:102 |
| kXHC1983 | 0334.160:fú |