U+8398 "莘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
莘
U+8398 "莘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character with multiple meanings and uses, most commonly referring to a type of medicinal herb or plant, such as Asarum sieboldii, known as "wild ginger." It is also used in place names and personal names, and can mean "long" or "numerous" in classical contexts, as seen in the phrase "莘莘学子" which describes a multitude of students. In modern usage, it appears in the name of Xintai, a city in Shandong province, and carries historical significance in Chinese literature and philosophy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8398 |
| 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 | 莘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 莘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8E 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8398 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008398 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8398 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B2F1 |
| kCCCII | 215525 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5C76 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5C76 |
| kCangjie | TYTJ |
| kCantonese | san1 |
| kCihaiT | 1140.601 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1493.170 |
| kDefinition | long; numerous; wild ginger |
| kEACC | 215525 |
| kFanqie | 所臻 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4440.1 |
| kGB0 | 6123 |
| kGB1 | 6123 |
| kGSR | 0382h |
| kHangul | 신:0N |
| kHanYu | 53224.010 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53224.010:shēn,xīn |
| kHKGlyph | 3455 |
| kIICore | AGTHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1493.170 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53224.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1034.130 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5D37 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B2F1 |
| kIRG_JSource | J13-7A78 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E5D5 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-636E |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5C76 |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-8F43 |
| kJapanese | シン |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:4441 |
| kJIS0213 | 1,90,88 |
| kJapaneseOn | SHIN |
| kJis1 | 5611 |
| kKangXi | 1034.130 |
| kKorean | SIN |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5450 |
| kMandarin | shēn |
| kMatthews | 2740 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2550c |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021997 MJ021997:E0101 MJ021998:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 31056:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 1124 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+15055+140.3.7 C+15055+160.7.3 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.7 |
| kSBGY | 109.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 583.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | shēn粵san1 xīn粵san1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5450 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 330.120:shēn 407.080:xīn |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHKMPT |
| kXerox | 270:315 |
| kXHC1983 | 1015.030:shēn 1282.010:xīn |