U+83EC "菬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+83EC "菬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare Chinese character primarily used in classical texts and historical contexts, where it is believed to denote a type of aquatic plant or reed-like vegetation. It is composed of the radical for grass or plant (艹) and the phonetic component 召, which together indicate a plant associated with water environments, though its precise botanical identity is not well-documented in modern dictionaries. This character is not commonly used in contemporary Mandarin or other Chinese dialects, nor does it appear in standard frequency lists or everyday writing, making it a specialized glyph encountered mostly by scholars of ancient literature, inscriptions, or philological studies. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures its digital representation for academic and archival purposes, preserving access to nuanced historical terminology.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
菬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
菬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE8 0x8F 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x83EC |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000083EC |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u83ec |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
DBA8 |
| kCCCII |
227E42 |
| kCNS1986 |
2-3F6C |
| kCNS1992 |
2-3F6C |
| kCangjie |
TESR |
| kCantonese |
ciu4 |
| kDaeJaweon |
1497.110 |
| kFanqie |
昨焦 之少 |
| kFourCornerCode |
4416.2 |
| kGB5 |
7258 |
| kHanYu |
53240.040 |
| kHanyuPinyin |
53240.040:qiáo,zhǎo |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
1497.110 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
53240.040 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1039.080 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G5-685A |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB2-DBA8 |
| kIRG_JSource |
JMJ-022145 |
| kIRG_TSource |
T2-3F6C |
| kJapanese |
ショウ ジョウ |
| kKangXi |
1039.080 |
| kMandarin |
qiáo |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ022145 |
| kMorohashi |
31208 |
| kRSUnicode |
140.8 |
| kSBGY |
147.42 297.20 |
| kTotalStrokes |
11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
HMT |