U+8302 "茂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
茂
U+8302 "茂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meanings of luxuriant, dense, or flourishing, often used to describe lush vegetation or abundant growth. It belongs to the Kangxi radical 140 (艸 "grass") and is commonly found in words like 茂盛 (màoshèng) for "prosperous" or "thriving." In addition to its literal botanical sense, the character carries a positive connotation of richness and vigor, appearing in both personal names and abstract expressions to denote excellence or exuberance. Its traditional and simplified forms are identical, and it is used across multiple East Asian writing systems, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8302 |
| 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 | 茂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 茂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8C 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8302 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008302 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8302 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AD5A |
| kCCCII | 215468 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-533D |
| kCNS1992 | 1-533D |
| kCangjie | TIH |
| kCantonese | mau6 |
| kCihaiT | 1133.103 |
| kCowles | 2645 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1485.090 |
| kDefinition | thick, lush, dense; talented |
| kEACC | 215468 |
| kFanqie | 莫候 |
| kFenn | 341D |
| kFennIndex | 332.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4425.3 |
| kGB0 | 3515 |
| kGB1 | 3515 |
| kGradeLevel | 3 |
| kGSR | 1231f |
| kHangul | 무:0E |
| kHanYu | 53188.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu | mào(29) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53188.020:mào |
| kHKGlyph | 3425 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1485.090 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53188.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1025.200 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-432F |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AD5A |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4C50 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DBE0 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5972 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-533D |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-8F3D |
| kJapanese | モ ボウ しげる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:1003 |
| kJapaneseKun | SHIGERU |
| kJapaneseOn | MO BOU |
| kJis0 | 4448 |
| kKangXi | 1025.200 |
| kKorean | MWU |
| kLau | 2118 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5399 |
| kMandarin | mào |
| kMatthews | 4580 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1798 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021736 MJ021736:E0101 MJ021738:E0102 MJ021737:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 30833' 30833':E0101 30833:E0103 |
| kNelson | 3915 |
| kPhonetic | 918 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3804+140.3.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.5 |
| kSBGY | 438.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 576.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | mào粵mau6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5399 |
| kTang | *mòu |
| kTGHZ2013 | 245.020:mào |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 255:076 |
| kXHC1983 | 0769.100:mào |