U+83B1 "莱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
莱
U+83B1 "莱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily serves as a simplified form of the traditional character "萊," which refers to the plant lamb's-quarters or goosefoot, often used as a vegetable or for medicinal purposes. It also appears in place names, such as in the historical region of Laiyang in Shandong Province, and is frequently used as a surname. In modern usage, this character is integrated into various compound words, including "蓬莱" (Penglai), a mythical paradise in Chinese folklore, and "莱茵河," the Chinese name for the Rhine River in Europe.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+83B1 |
| 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 | 莱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 莱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8E 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x83B1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000083B1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u83b1 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 275541 |
| kCangjie | TDT |
| kCantonese | loi4 |
| kDefinition | goosefoot, weed; fallow field |
| kEACC | 275541 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4490.8 |
| kGB0 | 3219 |
| kHanYu | 53217.030 |
| kIICore | AGJ |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53217.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1036.401 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4033 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4D69 |
| kJapanese | ライ リ |
| kTGH | 2013:1822 |
| kJapaneseKun | AKAZA AWACHI KOUGAI |
| kJapaneseOn | RAI RI |
| kJis0 | 4573 |
| kKangXi | 1036.401 |
| kKorean | LAY |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5490 |
| kMandarin | lái |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022044 |
| kPhonetic | 829 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3923+140.3.7 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.7 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 584.12 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 207.080:lái |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "萊" U+840A CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GJ |
| kXHC1983 | 0671.020:lái |