U+83D6 "菖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
菖
U+83D6 "菖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character classified under the radical for grass or plants, and it is commonly used in East Asian languages including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Its primary meaning is "iris" or "sweet flag," referring to the perennial wetland plant Acorus calamus, which has aromatic leaves and is traditionally used in herbal medicine and cultural festivals, such as the Dragon Boat Festival in China and Tango no Sekku in Japan. The character is composed of components that evoke vegetation and a phonetic element, and it appears in classical texts and modern names, reflecting its enduring role in botanical and symbolic contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+83D6 |
| 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 | 菖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 菖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8F 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x83D6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000083D6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u83d6 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | DB75 |
| kCCCII | 227E7D |
| kCNS1986 | 2-3F5A |
| kCNS1992 | 2-3F5A |
| kCangjie | TAA |
| kCantonese | coeng1 |
| kCihaiT | 1143.104 |
| kCowles | 504 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1496.100 |
| kDefinition | iris, sweet flag, calamus |
| kEACC | 227E7D |
| kFanqie | 尺良 |
| kFenn | 803K |
| kFennIndex | 17.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4460.6 |
| kGB0 | 6137 |
| kGB1 | 6137 |
| kGSR | 0724f |
| kHangul | 창:0N |
| kHanYu | 53233.120 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53233.120:chāng |
| kIICore | AGTJKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1496.100 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53233.120 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1038.030 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5D45 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-DB75 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3E54 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-ECF1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-736E |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-3F5A |
| kJapanese | ショウ |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:4753 |
| kJapaneseKun | SHOUBU |
| kJapaneseOn | SHOU |
| kJis0 | 3052 |
| kKangXi | 1038.030 |
| kKorean | CHANG |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5471 |
| kMandarin | chāng |
| kMatthews | 211 |
| kMeyerWempe | 220a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022100 MJ022100:E0101 MJ022101:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 31174:E0102 |
| kNelson | 3969 |
| kPhonetic | 119 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2492+140.3.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.8 |
| kSBGY | 173.35 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 585.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | chāng粵coeng1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5471 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 038.060:chāng |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 272:322 |
| kXHC1983 | 0120.070:chāng |