U+840C "萌" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
萌
U+840C "萌" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese and Japanese character (pronounced "méng" in Mandarin and "moe" in Japanese) that primarily means "to sprout" or "to bud," referencing the initial growth of a plant. In contemporary usage, particularly in Japanese otaku culture, the character has taken on a broader meaning of "moe," describing a feeling of affection, endearment, or excitement toward fictional characters, objects, or concepts that evoke a sense of adorable innocence or charm. This cultural extension often applies to stylized, childlike, or vulnerable traits in anime, manga, and video games, linking the character's original botanical metaphor of new life to a modern emotional response.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+840C |
| 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 | 萌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 萌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x90 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x840C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000840C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u840c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B5DE |
| kCCCII | 215542 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6164 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6164 |
| kCangjie | TAB |
| kCantonese | mang4 |
| kCihaiT | 1147.101 |
| kCowles | 2634 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1499.260 |
| kDefinition | bud, sprout |
| kEACC | 215542 |
| kFanqie | 莫耕 |
| kFenn | 796F |
| kFennIndex | 337.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4462.7 |
| kGB0 | 3540 |
| kGB1 | 3540 |
| kGradeLevel | 6 |
| kGSR | 0760g |
| kHangul | 맹:0N |
| kHanYu | 53233.140 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53233.140:méng,míng |
| kHKGlyph | 3482 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1499.260 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53233.140 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1041.050 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4348 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B5DE |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4B28 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DCD4 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5870 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6164 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6535 |
| kJapanese | ホウ ボウ ベイ きざす めばえ もえる |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010:U+8420 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:2203 |
| kJapaneseKun | MEBAE KIZASU MOERU |
| kJapaneseOn | HOU BOU |
| kJis0 | 4308 |
| kKangXi | 1041.050 |
| kKorean | MAYNG |
| kLau | 2104 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5492 |
| kMandarin | méng |
| kMatthews | 4427 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1789 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022212 MJ022212:E0102 MJ022213:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 31265:E0103 |
| kNelson | 3979 |
| kPhonetic | 903 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3670+140.3.8 V+14026+140.3.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.8 |
| kSBGY | 188.11 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 587.11 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | méng粵mang4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5492 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 248.030:méng |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | manh |
| kXerox | 262:272 |
| kXHC1983 | 0778.090:méng |