U+8306 "茆" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Han
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes
Unified Ideograph Yes

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