U+83DC "菜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
菜
U+83DC "菜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (CJK stands for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) primarily meaning "vegetable" or "dish," and it is composed of the radical for grass (艹) atop the character for "pick" or "pluck" (采), which also provides a phonetic hint. In everyday usage, it refers broadly to edible plants, cooked greens, or a prepared food course, as seen in common terms like "蔬菜" (shūcài, vegetables) and "中国菜" (zhōngguócài, Chinese cuisine). The character holds cultural significance in East Asian languages, appearing in idioms and proverbs, and its stroke count and composition are standardized for consistent rendering across digital systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+83DC |
| 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 | 菜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 菜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8F 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x83DC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000083DC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u83dc |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B5E6 |
| kCCCII | 215544 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-616C |
| kCNS1992 | 1-616C |
| kCangjie | TBD |
| kCantonese | coi3 |
| kCihaiT | 1143.105 |
| kCowles | 4800 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1496.160 |
| kDefinition | vegetables; dish, order; food |
| kEACC | 215544 |
| kFanqie | 倉代 |
| kFenn | 488A |
| kFennIndex | 541.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4490.4 |
| kGB0 | 1843 |
| kGB1 | 1843 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0942e |
| kHangul | 채:0E |
| kHanYu | 53236.100 |
| kHanyuPinlu | cài(354) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53236.100:cài |
| kHKGlyph | 3490 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1496.160 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53236.100 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1038.130 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-324B |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B5E6 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3A5A |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-EFBE |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7378 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-616C |
| kJapanese | サイ な |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:2207 |
| kJapaneseKun | NA |
| kJapaneseOn | SAI |
| kJis0 | 2658 |
| kKangXi | 1038.130 |
| kKorean | CHAY |
| kLau | 362 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5475 |
| kMandarin | cài |
| kMatthews | 6671 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3443 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022109 MJ022109:E0102 MJ022110:E0103 MJ022111:E0104 |
| kMorohashi | 31184' 31184':E0102 31184:E0103 |
| kNelson | 3982 |
| kPhonetic | 245 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2122+140.3.8 V+13786+140.3.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.8 |
| kSBGY | 391.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 585.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | cài粵coi3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5475 |
| kTang | tsèi |
| kTGHZ2013 | 031.040:cài |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 244:376 |
| kXHC1983 | 0101.030:cài |