U+8431 "萱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
萱
U+8431 "萱" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of daylily, specifically the species Hemerocallis fulva, and it holds cultural significance in East Asia as a symbol of forgetfulness or consolation, often associated with the idea of alleviating sorrow or anxiety. In traditional Chinese culture, the plant known as "萱草" (xuān cǎo) is sometimes called the "grass of forgetfulness," and it is frequently depicted in poetry and art to represent maternal love or to invoke a sense of comfort. The character is composed of the grass radical (艹) and the phonetic component "宣" (xuān), reflecting its botanical nature and pronunciation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8431 |
| 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 | 萱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 萱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x90 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8431 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008431 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8431 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B8A9 |
| kCCCII | 21554B |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6630 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6630 |
| kCangjie | TJMM |
| kCantonese | hyun1 |
| kCihaiT | 1155.603 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1503.050 |
| kDefinition | day-lily, Hemerocallis flava |
| kEACC | 21554B |
| kFanqie | 況袁 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4410.6 |
| kGB0 | 6170 |
| kGB1 | 6170 |
| kHangul | 훤:0N |
| kHanYu | 53256.030 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53256.030:xuān |
| kHKGlyph | 3494 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1503.050 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53256.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1042.410 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5D66 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B8A9 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-337E |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F6F7 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7D40 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6630 |
| kJapanese | ケン カン かや |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:5091 |
| kJapaneseKun | KAYA |
| kJapaneseOn | KEN |
| kJis0 | 1994 |
| kKangXi | 1042.410 |
| kKorean | HWEN |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5503 |
| kMandarin | xuān |
| kMatthews | 2873 |
| kMeyerWempe | 810g |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022263 MJ022263:E0101 MJ022264:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 31345:E0102 |
| kNelson | 3989 |
| kPhonetic | 1244 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1500+140.3.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.9 |
| kSBGY | 114.57 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+8432<kMatthews U+857F<kSMSZD2003Index:T U+8610<kSMSZD2003Index:T |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 589.06 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xuān粵hyun1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5503 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 414.110:xuān |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 267:136 |
| kXHC1983 | 1304.050:xuān |