U+838F "莏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
莏
U+838F "莏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rarely used Chinese character primarily associated with the classical verb meaning "to rub" or "to press" with the hands, often found in ancient texts rather than modern everyday language. Its structure combines the grass radical (艹) on top, indicating a plant-related origin, with a phonetic component below, though its historical usage as a verb describing manual action diverges from a botanical sense. In outdated or specialized contexts, it can also refer to a type of grass or herb, but its modern recognition is limited among native speakers.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+838F |
| 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 | 莏 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 莏 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8E 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x838F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000838F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u838f |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | D761 |
| kCCCII | 227D7A |
| kCNS1986 | 2-3865 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-3865 |
| kCangjie | TQFH |
| kCantonese | co1 |
| kCihaiT | 1140.401 |
| kEACC | 227D7A |
| kFanqie | 蘇禾 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4452.9 |
| kGB5 | 7213 |
| kHanYu | 53214.050 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53214.050:suō |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53214.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1033.330 |
| kIRG_GSource | G5-682D |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-D761 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-021980 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6DE8 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-3865 |
| kJapanese | サ スイ |
| kKangXi | 1033.330 |
| kMandarin | suō |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021980 |
| kMorohashi | 31041 |
| kPhonetic | 50 1096 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.7 |
| kSBGY | 162.19 |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |