U+8356 "荖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

荖

U+8356 "荖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in traditional and simplified texts, primarily found in the context of herbal or plant names, often referring to betel leaves or a type of vine in botanical terminology. It is composed of the radical for grass or plant and a phonetic component, and it appears in classical literature and modern dictionaries as part of a set of characters describing medicinal or edible flora. The character has specific readings in Mandarin and other East Asian languages, though its usage is relatively niche and specialized outside of linguistic or horticultural references.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8356
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	荖
HTML Hex Encoding	荖
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x8D 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8356
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008356
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8356

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	D379
kCCCII	227D3B
kCNS1986	2-323D
kCNS1992	2-323D
kCangjie	TJKP
kCantonese	lou5
kCowles	2242
kDaeJaweon	1491.060
kDefinition	betel pepper
kEACC	227D3B
kFourCornerCode	4441.1
kGB3	7264
kHanYu	53199.090
kHanyuPinyin	53199.090:lǎo,chā
kIICore	CT
kIRGDaeJaweon	1491.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53199.090
kIRGKangXi	1031.310
kIRG_GSource	G3-6860
kIRG_HSource	HB2-D379
kIRG_JSource	J1-577B
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-6D95
kIRG_KSource	K2-575B
kIRG_TSource	T2-323D
kJapanese	ハイロウ
kTGH	2013:6783
kJapaneseKun	KINMA
kJapaneseOn	HOU ROU
kJis1	5591
kKangXi	1031.310
kMandarin	lǎo
kMeyerWempe	1494
kMojiJoho	MJ021908 MJ021908:E0101 MJ021909:E0102
kMorohashi	30972:E0102
kPhonetic	824*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+19739+125.6.3 C+19739+140.3.6
kRSUnicode	140.6
kSMSZD2003Index	580.09
kSMSZD2003Readings	lǎo粵lou5
kTGHZ2013	211.050:lǎo
kTotalStrokes	9
kUnihanCore2020	GHMT