U+83E9 "菩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
菩
U+83E9 "菩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily signifies "broad" or "wide" and is most famously used in the Buddhist term "Bodhi" (菩提), which represents enlightenment or awakening. It appears in the word "Bodhisattva" (菩薩), referring to a being dedicated to attaining enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings. The character is composed of the grass radical (艹) suggesting vegetation or abundance, combined with the phonetic component 咅, and it carries deep cultural and religious significance across East Asian languages including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+83E9 |
| 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 | 菩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 菩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x8F 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x83E9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000083E9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u83e9 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B5D0 |
| kCCCII | 215536 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6156 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6156 |
| kCangjie | TYTR |
| kCantonese | pou4 |
| kCihaiT | 1143.401 |
| kCowles | 3517 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1497.080 |
| kDefinition | herb, aromatic plant |
| kEACC | 215536 |
| kFanqie | 薄胡 薄亥 房久 蒲北 |
| kFenn | 89E |
| kFennIndex | 426.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4460.1 |
| kGB0 | 3848 |
| kGB1 | 3848 |
| kHangul | 보:0N |
| kHanYu | 53238.090 |
| kHanyuPinlu | pú(18) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53238.090:bèi,bó,pú |
| kHKGlyph | 3469 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1497.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53238.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1038.350 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4650 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B5D0 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4A6E |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DEB6 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5C4C |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6156 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-652E |
| kJapanese | ボ ハイ バイ ホク ボク フウ ブ ホウ ホ |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:2210 |
| kJapaneseKun | HOTOKEGUSA |
| kJapaneseOn | HAI BO |
| kJis0 | 4278 |
| kKangXi | 1038.350 |
| kKorean | PO |
| kLau | 2536 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5476 |
| kMandarin | pú |
| kMatthews | 5387 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2426 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022139 MJ022139:E0101 MJ022140:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 31205:E0102 |
| kNelson | 3978 |
| kPhonetic | 1028 1086 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3646+140.3.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.8 |
| kSBGY | 081.01 275.02 323.03 530.28 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 586.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | pú粵pou4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5476 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 288.120:pú |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | bồ |
| kXerox | 254:067 |
| kXHC1983 | 0888.040:pú |