U+837C "荼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
荼
U+837C "荼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of bitter herb, often identified as the sow thistle or a similar plant, and historically it also served as an ancient term for tea before the character 茶 (chá, meaning "tea") became standardized. In classical texts, it carries connotations of bitterness and hardship, and it is also used in the name of the medicinal herb *tu*, associated with purging or detoxifying properties. This character appears in Chinese poetry and philosophical works, such as the "Classic of Poetry," where it symbolizes sorrow or the harshness of life, and it remains in modern usage as a less common variant or in specific literary and medicinal contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+837C |
| 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 | 荼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 荼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8D 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x837C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000837C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u837c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B2FE |
| kCCCII | 215532 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5D25 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5D25 |
| kCangjie | TOMD |
| kCantonese | tou4 |
| kCihaiT | 1139.501 |
| kCowles | 4398 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1492.080 |
| kDefinition | thistle, sowthistle; bitter |
| kEACC | 215532 |
| kFanqie | 同都 食遮 宅加 |
| kFenn | 31G |
| kFennIndex | 570.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4490.4 |
| kGB0 | 6117 |
| kGB1 | 6117 |
| kGSR | 0082x |
| kHanYu | 53221.110 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53221.110:tú,chá,yé,shū |
| kHKGlyph | 3468 |
| kIICore | AGTJHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1492.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53221.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1032.210 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5D31 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B2FE |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6838 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6DCE |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5762 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5D25 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6523 |
| kJapanese | ト シャ ヨ タ ダ ショ ヤ ズ にがな のげし |
| kTGH | 2013:4436 |
| kJapaneseKun | NIGANA |
| kJapaneseOn | TO DO TA |
| kJis0 | 7224 |
| kKangXi | 1032.210 |
| kLau | 3093 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5442 |
| kMandarin | tú |
| kMatthews | 6526 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3168 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021943 MJ021943:E0101 MJ021944:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 31008:E0102 |
| kNelson | 3951 |
| kPhonetic | 1610 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6369+140.3.7 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.7 |
| kSBGY | 082.42 165.36 168.30 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 582.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | tú粵tou4 shū粵syu1 chá粵caa4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5442 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 372.030:tú |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kVietnamese | dưa |
| kXerox | 271:313 |
| kXHC1983 | 1163.010:tú |