U+8458 "葘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8458 "葘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in classical and modern written Chinese, primarily representing a concept related to cultivation or weeding, often with a specific reference to clearing fields after harvesting, such as in the context of preparing land for new crops. This character is composed of a radical for grass or plants, indicating its botanical association, and a phonetic component that hints at its pronunciation, which is typically read as "zī" in Mandarin. Though less common in everyday usage today, it appears in historical agricultural texts and some literary contexts, reflecting its roots in describing farming practices where one might clear away old vegetation to make way for new growth.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8458
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	葘
HTML Hex Encoding	葘
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x91 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8458
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008458
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8458

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

kCCCII	232348
kCNS1986	E-4440
kCNS1992	3-4440
kCangjie	TVMW
kCantonese	zi1
kDaeJaweon	1506.020
kFanqie	側持
kGSR	0969c
kHanYu	53246.100
kIRGDaeJaweon	1506.020
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53246.100
kIRGKangXi	1045.030
kIRG_GSource	GE-4973
kIRG_HSource	H-8F60
kIRG_JSource	J1-5858
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-6EA9
kIRG_KSource	K2-585E
kIRG_TSource	T3-4440
kJapanese	シ わざわい
kJapaneseKun	ARECHI
kJapaneseOn	SHI SAI
kJis1	5656
kKangXi	1045.030
kMandarin	zī
kMojiJoho	MJ022328 MJ022328:E0101 MJ022329:E0102
kMorohashi	31413:E0102
kPhonetic	125
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+19743+140.3.9
kRSUnicode	140.9
kTaiwanTelegraph	5512
kTotalStrokes	12
kUnihanCore2020	H
kXerox	313:257