U+8355 "荕" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
荕
U+8355 "荕" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare or historical Chinese character, often associated with the meaning of "muscle" or "tendon" and is a variant form of the more common character "筋" (jīn). It is composed of the radical for grass or vegetation (艹) on top and a phonetic component related to strength or sinew, reflecting its connection to bodily tissues. This character is primarily found in classical or specialized texts, such as traditional medical writings, and is not commonly used in modern Standard Chinese. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that it can be digitally represented for scholarly and historical purposes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8355 |
| 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 | 荕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 荕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8D 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8355 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008355 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8355 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 252F55 |
| kCangjie | XTBKS |
| kCantonese | gan1 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1491.030 |
| kHanYu | 53207.060 |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1491.030 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53207.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1031.260 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-494E |
| kIRG_JSource | J13-7A74 |
| kIRG_TSource | T4-2F5C |
| kJapanese | キン |
| kJIS0213 | 1,90,84 |
| kJapaneseKun | HONE |
| kJapaneseOn | KIN |
| kJis1 | 5590 |
| kKangXi | 1031.260 |
| kMandarin | jīn |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021906 MJ021906:E0101 MJ021907:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 30967:E0102 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+15051+140.3.6 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.6 |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |