U+836D "荭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+836D "荭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Hànzì) that represents a type of herb or plant, specifically referring to the "red amaranth" or a similar herbaceous plant in traditional contexts. It is composed of the radical 艹 which signifies grass or plants, combined with a phonetic component that relates to the color red. This character is used in Classical Chinese texts and occasionally in modern botanical nomenclature, though it is far less common than its simplified or alternative forms. In Unicode, it is encoded under the CJK Unified Ideographs block, which covers characters used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, and its inclusion ensures accurate digital representation of historical and literary works where it appears.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
荭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
荭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE8 0x8D 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x836D |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000836D |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u836d |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII |
29233C |
| kCangjie |
TVMM |
| kCantonese |
hung4 |
| kDefinition |
herb |
| kEACC |
29233C |
| kFourCornerCode |
4411 |
| kGB0 |
6106 |
| kHanYu |
53212.110 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
53212.110 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1031.381 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-5D26 |
| kTGH |
2013:6796 |
| kKangXi |
1031.381 |
| kMandarin |
hóng |
| kRSUnicode |
140.6 |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
581.17 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
138.010:hóng |
| kTotalStrokes |
9 |
| kTraditionalVariant |
"葒" U+8452 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
G |
| kXHC1983 |
0465.010:hóng |