U+83B4 "莴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
莴
U+83B4 "莴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a simplified form of the traditional character "萵," and it is commonly used in modern Mandarin Chinese. This character generally refers to the lettuce plant, specifically within the compound word "莴苣" (wōjù), which denotes lettuce or a similar leafy green vegetable. Its structure combines the grass radical (艹) on top, indicating its botanical nature, with a phonetic component that suggests its pronunciation. In written Chinese, "莴" appears in everyday contexts such as grocery lists, recipes, and agricultural texts, highlighting its practical role in describing common edible plants.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+83B4 |
| 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 | 莴 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 莴 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8E 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x83B4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000083B4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u83b4 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 275555 |
| kCangjie | TROB |
| kCantonese | wo1 |
| kDefinition | lettuce |
| kEACC | 275555 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4422 |
| kGB0 | 6111 |
| kHanYu | 53219.040 |
| kIICore | CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53219.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1036.401 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5D2B |
| kTGH | 2013:4430 |
| kKangXi | 1036.401 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5504 |
| kMandarin | wō |
| kPhonetic | 700* |
| kRSUnicode | 140.7 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 584.10 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 386.170:wō |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "萵" U+8435 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 1209.010:wō |