U+83CB "菋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
菋
U+83CB "菋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of plant or herb, specifically identified in classical texts as a species of the genus *Piper* or a similar aromatic vine, often associated with a flavoring or medicinal substance. This character is composed of the radical for grass or herb (艹) and the phonetic component 未 (wèi), which hints at its pronunciation and meaning related to taste or fragrance. While it is rarely used in modern standard Chinese, it appears in historical dictionaries and classical literature, such as the *Erya* and *Shuowen Jiezi*, where it describes plants with pungent or peppery properties.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+83CB |
| 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 | 菋 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 菋 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8F 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x83CB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000083CB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u83cb |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | DB73 |
| kCCCII | 227E7A |
| kCNS1986 | 2-3F58 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-3F58 |
| kCangjie | TRJD |
| kCantonese | mei6 |
| kCihaiT | 1147.404 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1495.210 |
| kFanqie | 無沸 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4469.5 |
| kGB3 | 7346 |
| kHanYu | 53233.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53233.060:wèi |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1495.210 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53233.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1037.120 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-694E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-DB73 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-022082 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6E36 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5824 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-3F58 |
| kJapanese | ビ ミ バイ メ アイ |
| kKangXi | 1037.120 |
| kKorean | MI |
| kMandarin | wèi |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022082 |
| kMorohashi | 31154 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.8 |
| kSBGY | 358.45 |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |