U+83CE "菎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+83CE "菎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) traditionally used in classical texts, where it refers to a type of fragrant herb or plant, with its name sometimes specifically linked to plants in the mint family or other aromatic flora. In historical contexts, this character appears in ancient poetry and literature, often symbolizing purity or a natural fragrance, though it is now rare in modern standard Chinese usage. The radical 艹 (grass) component indicates its botanical nature, while the phonetic element 昆 (kūn) provides a clue to its pronunciation. Overall, "菎" represents a culturally significant but largely archaic term for a specific plant, preserving a connection to classical Chinese botanical and literary traditions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+83CE
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	菎
HTML Hex Encoding	菎
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x8F 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding	0x83CE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000083CE
C/C++/Java Escape	\u83ce

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	DB74
kCCCII	227E79
kCNS1986	2-3F59
kCNS1992	2-3F59
kCangjie	TAPP
kCantonese	kwan1
kCihaiT	1147.406
kDaeJaweon	1495.240
kDefinition	beautiful jade; bamboo
kEACC	227E79
kFanqie	古渾
kFourCornerCode	4471.1
kGB5	7243
kHanYu	53233.110
kHanyuPinyin	53233.110:kūn
kIRGDaeJaweon	1495.240
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53233.110
kIRGKangXi	1037.180
kIRG_GSource	G5-684B
kIRG_HSource	HB2-DB74
kIRG_JSource	J0-6842
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-6E16
kIRG_KSource	K2-5825
kIRG_TSource	T2-3F59
kJapanese	コン
kJapaneseOn	KON
kJis0	7234
kKangXi	1037.180
kMandarin	kūn
kMojiJoho	MJ022086 MJ022086:E0101 MJ022087:E0102
kMorohashi	31160:E0102
kNelson	3974
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+6379+140.3.8
kRSUnicode	140.8
kSBGY	116.38
kTaiwanTelegraph	9792
kTotalStrokes	11
kUnihanCore2020	HJMT
kXerox	317:060