U+831B "茛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
茛
U+831B "茛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of plant known as the "buttercup" or "ranunculus," specifically the species Ranunculus japonicus, which is often found in East Asia. In traditional Chinese culture, this character can also denote the poisonous plant commonly called "monkshood" or "aconite," though its usage is context dependent. The character is composed of the radical for grass or herb (艹) and the phonetic component 艮, reflecting its botanical association. It appears in classical texts and modern dictionaries, where it is pronounced "gèn" in Mandarin and carries meanings related to certain toxic or medicinal herbs.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+831B |
| 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 | 茛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 茛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8C 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x831B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000831B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u831b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | D3A3 |
| kCCCII | 227D35 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-3245 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-3245 |
| kCangjie | TAV |
| kCantonese | gan3 |
| kCihaiT | 1135.202 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1486.230 |
| kDefinition | ranunculus |
| kEACC | 227D35 |
| kFanqie | 古恨 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4473.2 |
| kGB0 | 6102 |
| kGB1 | 6102 |
| kHangul | 간:1N |
| kHanYu | 53211.010 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53211.010:gèn,jiàn |
| kIICore | BGT |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1486.230 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53211.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1027.270 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5D22 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-D3A3 |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-762C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6D82 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-573C |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-3245 |
| kJapanese | コン ケン カン |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:6795 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,86,12 |
| kJapaneseKun | TORIKABUTO |
| kJapaneseOn | KON KEN |
| kJis1 | 5568 |
| kKangXi | 1027.270 |
| kKorean | KAN |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1706 |
| kMandarin | gèn |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021772 MJ021772:E0101 MJ021773:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 30870:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 575 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+18486+138.6.3 C+18486+140.3.6 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.6 |
| kSBGY | 400.14 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 578.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | gèn粵gan3 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 112.080:gèn |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 321:056 |
| kXHC1983 | 0377.050:gèn |