U+8439 "萹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
萹
U+8439 "萹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that traditionally refers to a type of aquatic plant, often identified as knotgrass or a similar waterweed, and it also appears in classical literature as a component of the term "萹蓄" (biān xù), which names a medicinal herb used in traditional Chinese medicine for its diuretic and anti-inflammatory properties. This character is composed of the radical for grass (艹) indicating its plant association, and the phonetic component "扁" (biǎn) suggesting its pronunciation, and it is encoded in the CJK Unified Ideographs block to represent its use in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean written languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8439 |
| 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 | 萹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 萹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x90 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8439 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008439 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8439 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | DFCF |
| kCCCII | 23224C |
| kCNS1986 | 2-4674 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-4674 |
| kCangjie | THSB |
| kCantonese | pin1 |
| kCihaiT | 1156.101 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1503.170 |
| kDefinition | grass |
| kEACC | 23224C |
| kFanqie | 布玄 芳連 方典 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4422.7 |
| kGB3 | 7407 |
| kGB8 | 9439 |
| kGSR | 0246l |
| kHangul | 편:1N |
| kHanYu | 53257.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53257.060:biān,pián,biǎn |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1503.170 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53257.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1043.070 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-6A27 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-DFCF |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-7646 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6E87 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-7228 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-4674 |
| kJapanese | ヘン ベン |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:7320 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,86,38 |
| kJapaneseKun | NIWAYANAGI |
| kJapaneseOn | HEN BEN |
| kJis1 | 5646 |
| kKangXi | 1043.070 |
| kKorean | PHYEN |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5506 |
| kMandarin | biān biǎn |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022275 MJ022275:E0101 MJ022276:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 31358:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 1042 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+18508+140.3.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.9 |
| kSBGY | 136.21 139.26 289.38 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 589.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | biān粵pin1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5506 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 020.170:biān |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 313:253 |
| kXHC1983 | 0065.030:biǎn |