U+83B6 "莶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+83B6 "莶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in written Chinese and Japanese, though its usage in modern contexts is relatively rare. It is a simplified version of the traditional character "薟," and its meaning is associated with a type of bitter herb or plant, often classified under the radical for grass or vegetation. In classical Chinese medicine or botanical texts, it might refer specifically to astringent or bitter-tasting medicinal herbs. The character also carries a phonetic component that links it to sounds like "xian" or "qian" in Mandarin, and it appears in some historical or specialized literary works rather than everyday language.

General Properties

Code Point	U+83B6
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	莶
HTML Hex Encoding	莶
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x8E 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding	0x83B6
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000083B6
C/C++/Java Escape	\u83b6

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

kCCCII	292658
kCangjie	XTOMM
kCantonese	cim1
kDefinition	vine
kEACC	292658
kFourCornerCode	4410
kGB0	6118
kHanYu	53222.021
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53222.021
kIRGKangXi	1036.401
kIRG_GSource	G0-5D32
kTGH	2013:6953
kKangXi	1036.401
kMandarin	xiān
kPhonetic	182*
kRSUnicode	140.7
kSMSZD2003Index	584.13
kTGHZ2013	397.100:xiān
kTotalStrokes	10
kTraditionalVariant	"薟" U+859F CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	1244.030:xiān