U+82E1 "苡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
苡
U+82E1 "苡" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of plant, specifically the herb known as Job's tears or Coix lacryma-jobi, which produces grain-like seeds used in traditional medicine and cuisine. In classical and modern Chinese texts, it often appears in compound words like "薏苡" to denote this medicinal grass. The character is composed of the radical for grass or plant (艹) and the phonetic component "以", reflecting its botanical nature. Beyond its literal meaning, it also carries historical and literary significance, appearing in ancient poetry and medical compilations such as the Shennong Bencao Jing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+82E1 |
| 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 | 苡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 苡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8B 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x82E1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000082E1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u82e1 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | D077 |
| kCCCII | 227C73 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-2D3A |
| kCNS1992 | 2-2D3A |
| kCangjie | TVIO |
| kCantonese | ji5 |
| kCihaiT | 1130.101 |
| kCowles | 1285 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1482.070 |
| kDefinition | barley |
| kEACC | 227C73 |
| kFanqie | 羊己 |
| kFenn | 431K |
| kFennIndex | 219.08 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4418.0 |
| kGB0 | 6051 |
| kGB1 | 6051 |
| kGSR | 0976g |
| kHangul | 이:0N |
| kHanYu | 53185.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53185.090:yǐ |
| kIICore | AGTKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1482.070 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53185.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1023.080 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5C53 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-D077 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-676F |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-FCB8 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6C3E |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-2D3A |
| kJapanese | イ シ ジ ワ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3677 |
| kJapaneseOn | I SHI WA |
| kJis0 | 7179 |
| kKangXi | 1023.080 |
| kKorean | I |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5386 |
| kMandarin | yǐ |
| kMatthews | 2933 |
| kMeyerWempe | 860 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021668 MJ021668:E0101 MJ021669:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 30792:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 1551 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6330+140.3.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.5 |
| kSBGY | 251.22 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+82E2<kMatthews |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 575.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yǐ粵ji5 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5386 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 433.010:yǐ |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 300:267 |
| kXHC1983 | 1366.010:yǐ |