U+8442 "葂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8442 "葂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and obscure Chinese character that typically refers to a type of aquatic plant, specifically identified as a kind of duckweed or algae in classical dictionaries such as the Kangxi Zidian and Shuowen Jiezi. It is composed of the radical for grass (艹) and the phonetic component "免," though its usage in modern Chinese is extremely limited, appearing primarily in ancient texts or specialized botanical contexts rather than in contemporary language.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8442
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	葂
HTML Hex Encoding	葂
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x91 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8442
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008442
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8442

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive	DFCB
kCCCII	23242B
kCNS1986	2-4670
kCNS1992	2-4670
kCangjie	TNUS
kCantonese	min5
kDaeJaweon	1504.080
kFourCornerCode	4421.2
kGB3	7392
kHanYu	53267.050
kHanyuPinyin	53267.050:miǎn
kIRGDaeJaweon	1504.080
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53267.050
kIRGKangXi	1043.220
kIRG_GSource	G3-697C
kIRG_HSource	HB2-DFCB
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-022290
kIRG_KSource	K2-584E
kIRG_TSource	T2-4670
kJapanese	バン マン ベン メン ブン モン
kKangXi	1043.220
kMandarin	miǎn
kMojiJoho	MJ022290
kMorohashi	31373
kRSUnicode	140.9
kTotalStrokes	12
kUnihanCore2020	HMT