U+8309 "茉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8309 "茉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to the jasmine plant, specifically the species Jasminum sambac, often associated with its fragrant white flowers used in teas and perfumes. In East Asian cultures, especially in Chinese and Japanese contexts, it carries aesthetic connotations of purity, elegance, and subtle beauty, frequently appearing in poetry, names, and decorative arts. The character combines the radical for grass or plant with a phonetic component, reflecting its botanical origin. As part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, it is encoded for use in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese scripts, enabling representation of traditional vocabulary and cultural references across digital platforms.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8309
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	茉
HTML Hex Encoding	茉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x8C 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8309
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008309
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8309

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	AD5B
kCCCII	215462
kCNS1986	1-533E
kCNS1992	1-533E
kCangjie	TDJ
kCantonese	mut6
kCihaiT	1134.601
kCowles	2793
kDaeJaweon	1486.050
kDefinition	white jasmine
kEACC	215462
kFanqie	莫撥
kFenn	496H
kFennIndex	348.04
kFourCornerCode	4490.4
kGB0	6052
kGB1	6052
kHangul	말:0N
kHanYu	53185.120
kHanyuPinyin	53185.120:mò
kHKGlyph	3426
kIICore	AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	1486.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53185.120
kIRGKangXi	1026.090
kIRG_GSource	G0-5C54
kIRG_HSource	HB1-AD5B
kIRG_JSource	J0-677D
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-DAD1
kIRG_KSource	K0-5849
kIRG_TSource	T1-533E
kJapanese	マツ バツ マ
kJinmeiyoKanji	2010
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:998
kJapaneseOn	MATSU BATSU
kJis0	7193
kKangXi	1026.090
kKorean	MAL
kLau	2222
kMainlandTelegraph	5406
kMandarin	mò
kMatthews	4551
kMeyerWempe	1910
kMojiJoho	MJ021753 MJ021753:E0101 MJ021754:E0102
kMorohashi	30841:E0102
kPhonetic	931
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+6344+140.3.5
kRSUnicode	140.5
kSMSZD2003Index	577.03
kSMSZD2003Readings	mò粵mut6
kTaiwanTelegraph	5406
kTGHZ2013	256.130:mò
kTotalStrokes	8
kUnihanCore2020	GHJKMPT
kXerox	272:320
kXHC1983	0801.060:mò
kZVariant	U+82FF