U+838D "莍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+838D "莍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that is infrequently used in modern standard Mandarin, primarily appearing in classical or historical texts. Its semantic component indicates a relationship with plants or vegetation, as it belongs to the radical "艹" (grass or herb), while its phonetic component suggests a pronunciation similar to "qiu" or "jiu" in certain readings. This character is not commonly found in everyday writing or vocabulary, and its exact meaning often refers to a type of fruit or plant, though specific definitions can vary across different historical Chinese dictionaries and contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+838D
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 莍
HTML Hex Encoding 莍
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0x8E 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding 0x838D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000838D
C/C++/Java Escape \u838d

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 D75C
kCCCII 227D6C
kCNS1986 2-3860
kCNS1992 2-3860
kCangjie TIJE
kCantonese kau4
kDaeJaweon 1493.040
kFanqie 巨鳩
kFourCornerCode 4423.2
kGB5 7217
kHanYu 53215.050
kHanyuPinyin 53215.050:qiú
kIRGDaeJaweon 1493.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 53215.050
kIRGKangXi 1033.310
kIRG_GSource G5-6831
kIRG_HSource HB2-D75C
kIRG_JSource J14-7636
kIRG_KPSource KP1-6DC8
kIRG_KSource K2-576F
kIRG_TSource T2-3860
kJapanese キュウ グ キク ゴク
kJIS0213 2,86,22
kJapaneseOn KYUU GU KIKU GIKU
kJis1 5607
kKangXi 1033.310
kMandarin qiú
kMojiJoho MJ021976 MJ021976:E0101 MJ021977:E0102
kMorohashi 31039:E0102
kPhonetic 592*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+15053+140.3.7
kRSUnicode 140.7
kSBGY 210.28
kTotalStrokes 10
kUnihanCore2020 HMT