U+83EB "菫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

菫

U+83EB "菫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily denotes the violet plant, specifically the Viola species, and is often associated with the color violet or purple in compound words and names. In classical and modern usage, it appears in botanical contexts and as a component in given names, particularly in Japanese where it is read as sumire, referring to the violet flower. This ideograph also carries a secondary meaning related to "clay" or "loam" in ancient Chinese texts, though this usage is less common today. Overall, it represents a delicate floral symbol in East Asian cultures, evoking spring and modest beauty.

General Properties

Code Point	U+83EB
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	菫
HTML Hex Encoding	菫
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x8F 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding	0x83EB
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000083EB
C/C++/Java Escape	\u83eb

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	DB6A
kCCCII	227E63
kCNS1986	2-3F4F
kCNS1992	2-3F4F
kCangjie	TMLM
kCantonese	gan2
kCihaiT	1143.601
kCowles	1544
kDaeJaweon	1497.100
kDefinition	celery, aconite
kEACC	227E63
kFourCornerCode	4410.4
kHangul	근:0N
kHanYu	53231.022
kIICore	AJKP
kIRGDaeJaweon	1497.100
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53231.021
kIRGKangXi	1039.020
kIRG_GSource	GE-4962
kIRG_HSource	HB2-DB6A
kIRG_JSource	J0-6841
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-D1F6
kIRG_KSource	K0-504B
kIRG_TSource	T2-3F4F
kJapanese	キンすみれ
kJinmeiyoKanji	2010
kKoreanName	2015
kJapaneseKun	SUMIRE
kJapaneseOn	KIN
kJis0	7233
kKangXi	1039.020
kKarlgren	389
kKorean	KUN
kMandarin	jǐn
kMatthews	1065
kMojiJoho	MJ022143 MJ022143:E0101 MJ022144:E0102
kMorohashi	31207:E0102
kNelson	3972
kPhonetic	546 574
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+6378+140.3.8
kRSUnicode	140.8
kSemanticVariant	U+5807<kMatthews
kTotalStrokes	11
kUnihanCore2020	HJKMPT
kVietnamese	ngẩn