U+8306 "茆" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
茆
U+8306 "茆" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character classified under the radical for grass or plant, and it generally refers to a type of edible water plant, specifically the water shield or a similar aquatic herb, though it can also denote an ornamental grass in classical contexts. In historical usage, it appears in ancient texts and is associated with meanings related to plants used in cuisine or ritual, particularly in early Chinese literature. This character is part of the CJK unified ideographs block, representing a shared element in the writing systems of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, though it is not commonly used in modern everyday writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8306 |
| 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 | 茆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 茆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8C 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8306 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008306 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8306 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AD67 |
| kCCCII | 227D23 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-534A |
| kCNS1992 | 1-534A |
| kCangjie | THHL |
| kCantonese | maau5 |
| kCihaiT | 1134.201 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1486.010 |
| kDefinition | species of grass, water mallows |
| kEACC | 2D5461 |
| kFanqie | 莫飽 力久 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4472.7 |
| kGB0 | 6066 |
| kGB1 | 6066 |
| kGSR | 1114f |
| kHanYu | 53195.020 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53195.020:mǎo |
| kIICore | AGT |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1486.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53195.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1026.060 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5C62 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AD67 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-677B |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6D57 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-573D |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-534A |
| kJapanese | ボウ リュウ ミョウ ル モウ かや ぬなわ |
| kTGH | 2013:3867 |
| kJapaneseKun | MENAWA KAYA |
| kJapaneseOn | BOU RYUU |
| kJis0 | 7191 |
| kKangXi | 1026.060 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5374 |
| kMandarin | máo |
| kMatthews | 4372 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021747 MJ021747:E0101 MJ021748:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 30838:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 870 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6342+140.3.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.5 |
| kSBGY | 300.06 321.29 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 577.13 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5374 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 244.070:máo |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kXerox | 306:104 |
| kXHC1983 | 0768.070:máo |