U+8469 "葩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
葩
U+8469 "葩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "flower" or "blossom," often conveying a sense of beauty and intricacy, as seen in classical literature where it describes elegant petals. It is composed of the radical for grass (艹) and the phonetic component "巴," and is frequently used in poetic or formal contexts, such as in the Chinese idiom "奇花异葩," which refers to rare and exotic flowers. This character is also found in personal names and brand names to evoke an aura of refinement and natural elegance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8469 |
| 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 | 葩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 葩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x91 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8469 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008469 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8469 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B8B4 |
| kCCCII | 215558 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-663B |
| kCNS1992 | 1-663B |
| kCangjie | THAU |
| kCantonese | baa1 |
| kCihaiT | 1155.101 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1507.040 |
| kDefinition | flowers |
| kEACC | 215558 |
| kFanqie | 普巴 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4461.7 |
| kGB0 | 6166 |
| kGB1 | 6166 |
| kHangul | 파:1N |
| kHanYu | 53251.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53251.060:pā |
| kHKGlyph | 3506 |
| kIICore | AGTJHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1507.040 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53251.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1045.320 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5D62 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B8B4 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-685D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6EAD |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-7173 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-663B |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-653E |
| kJapanese | ハ ヘ ア はな |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:5088 |
| kJapaneseKun | HANA |
| kJapaneseOn | HA |
| kJis0 | 7261 |
| kKangXi | 1045.320 |
| kKorean | PHA |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5518 |
| kMandarin | pā |
| kMatthews | 4840 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2195d |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022372 MJ022372:E0101 MJ022373:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 31441:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 996 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6406+140.3.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.9 |
| kSBGY | 167.17 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 590.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | pā粵baa1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5518 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 273.040:pā |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kVietnamese | ba |
| kXerox | 275:124 |
| kXHC1983 | 0847.020:pā |