U+83C8 "菈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+83C8 "菈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) primarily used in modern and classical texts, though it is relatively rare in common usage. It belongs to the radical for grass or plants (艹) and typically carries a phonetic component resembling "拉," often relating to the concept of pulling or drawing, as suggested by its use in words like "菈扯" (to pull or tug). In Japanese, it appears as a kokuji or a non-standard character with similar associations, and its pronunciation can vary between languages, such as "la" in Mandarin or "ra" in Japanese. This character is included in the CJK Unified Ideographs block of the Unicode standard, which encompasses characters from Chinese, Japanese, and Korean scripts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+83C8
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	菈
HTML Hex Encoding	菈
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x8F 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0x83C8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000083C8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u83c8

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

kBigFive	DB69
kCCCII	227E5E
kCNS1986	2-3F4E
kCNS1992	2-3F4E
kCangjie	TQYT
kCantonese	laap6
kCihaiT	1142.503
kDaeJaweon	1495.170
kFanqie	盧合
kFourCornerCode	4451.8
kGB3	7339
kHanYu	53229.040
kHanyuPinyin	53229.040:lā
kIICore	CT
kIRGDaeJaweon	1495.170
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53229.040
kIRGKangXi	1037.080
kIRG_GSource	G3-6947
kIRG_HSource	HB2-DB69
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-022077
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-6E2B
kIRG_KSource	K2-5823
kIRG_TSource	T2-3F4E
kJapanese	ロウ
kKangXi	1037.080
kMandarin	lā
kMojiJoho	MJ022077
kMorohashi	31150
kPhonetic	763*
kRSUnicode	140.8
kSBGY	535.73
kTotalStrokes	11
kUnihanCore2020	HMT