U+8336 "茶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
茶
U+8336 "茶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the concept of tea, encompassing both the plant Camellia sinensis and the beverage made from its leaves, as well as the broader cultural ritual of tea drinking. This ideograph is composed of two main components: the top part resembling the character for grass or herb, and the bottom part which includes a variant of the character for "person" or "man" and a phonetic element, reflecting its historical formation. It is widely used across multiple East Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it carries similar meanings related to tea and its associated traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8336 |
| 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 | 茶 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 茶 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8C 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8336 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008336 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8336 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AFF9 |
| kCCCII | 21547B |
| kCNS1986 | 1-577D |
| kCNS1992 | 1-577D |
| kCangjie | TOD |
| kCantonese | caa4 |
| kCihaiT | 1135.501 |
| kCowles | 409 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1488.010 |
| kDefinition | tea |
| kEACC | 21547B |
| kFanqie | 宅加 |
| kFenn | 484A |
| kFennIndex | 8.09 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4490.4 |
| kGB0 | 1872 |
| kGB1 | 1872 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kHangul | 다:0E 차:0N |
| kHanYu | 53207.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu | chá(194) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53207.020:chá |
| kHKGlyph | 3447 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1488.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53207.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1029.040 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3268 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AFF9 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4363 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D5AC |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-527E |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-577D |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6475 |
| kJapanese | チャ サ タ ちゃ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:1411 |
| kJapaneseKun | CHA |
| kJapaneseOn | CHA SA TA |
| kJis0 | 3567 |
| kKangXi | 1029.040 |
| kKorean | TA CHA |
| kLau | 165 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5420 |
| kMandarin | chá |
| kMatthews | 101 |
| kMeyerWempe | 58 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021834 MJ021834:E0101 MJ021835:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 30915' 30915':E0101 30915:E0102 |
| kNelson | 3940 |
| kPhonetic | 14 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2977+140.3.6 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.6 |
| kSBGY | 168.33 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 579.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | chá粵caa4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5420 |
| kTang | djha |
| kTGHZ2013 | 034.120:chá |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | trà |
| kXerox | 244:075 |
| kXHC1983 | 0112.050:chá |