U+8378 "荸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
荸
U+8378 "荸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the water chestnut, specifically the edible corm of the plant Eleocharis dulcis, which is commonly used in East Asian cuisine for its crisp texture and sweet flavor. In Mandarin Chinese, it is pronounced "bí" and forms part of the compound word "荸荠" (bíqi), the standard term for water chestnuts. This character combines the "grass radical" (艹) indicating a plant, with a phonetic component, reflecting its botanical classification within the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideograph system. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across languages and platforms that use or reference this traditional vegetable.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8378 |
| 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 | 荸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 荸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8D 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8378 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008378 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8378 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B2F2 |
| kCCCII | 215527 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5C77 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5C77 |
| kCangjie | TJBD |
| kCantonese | but6 |
| kCihaiT | 1141.602 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1492.020 |
| kDefinition | water chestnut |
| kEACC | 215527 |
| kFenn | 113K |
| kFennIndex | 399.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4440.7 |
| kGB0 | 6109 |
| kGB1 | 6109 |
| kHanYu | 53215.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53215.060:bí |
| kHKGlyph | 3456 |
| kIICore | AGTHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1492.020 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53215.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1032.140 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5D29 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B2F2 |
| kIRG_JSource | J1-577E |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6DDE |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5760 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5C77 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6522 |
| kJapanese | ホツ ボチ |
| kTGH | 2013:4427 |
| kJapaneseOn | HOTSU BOCHI |
| kJis1 | 5594 |
| kKangXi | 1032.140 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5428 |
| kMandarin | bí |
| kMatthews | 5135 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2506g |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021936 MJ021936:E0101 MJ021937:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 31001:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 1093 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+19740+140.3.7 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.7 |
| kSBGY | 357.16 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 581.24 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | bí粵but6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5428 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 017.100:bí |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kVietnamese | mụt |
| kXerox | 262:360 |
| kXHC1983 | 0054.050:bí |