U+8427 "萧" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+8427 "萧" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily represents the concept of "desolate" or "bleak," often used in classical and modern Chinese to describe a scene of loneliness, sparse vegetation, or a quiet, wind-swept atmosphere. It is a simplified form of the traditional character "蕭," and appears in common terms such as "萧条" meaning depression or recession in economic contexts, and "萧瑟" evoking a chilly, melancholy feeling. Beyond its literal meanings, "萧" is also a common Chinese surname, historically borne by figures like the great Han dynasty chancellor Xiao He. In Unicode, it belongs to the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) Unified Ideographs block, with a total of 18 strokes in its simplified form, and its usage spans both literary and everyday writing across East Asian languages.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
萧 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
萧 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE8 0x90 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x8427 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00008427 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u8427 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII |
275622 |
| kCangjie |
XTLX |
| kCantonese |
siu1 |
| kDefinition |
common artemisia; dejected |
| kEACC |
275622 |
| kFourCornerCode |
4422 |
| kGB0 |
4784 |
| kHanYu |
53241.080 |
| kIICore |
AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
53241.080 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1042.261 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-4F74 |
| kTGH |
2013:2216 |
| kKangXi |
1042.261 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
5618 |
| kMandarin |
xiāo |
| kPhonetic |
1261* |
| kRSUnicode |
140.8 |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
588.13 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
403.020:xiāo |
| kTotalStrokes |
11 |
| kTraditionalVariant |
"蕭" U+856D CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
G |
| kXHC1983 |
1265.030:xiāo |