U+8473 "葳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
葳
U+8473 "葳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents a type of plant, specifically referring to the "lush" or "luxuriant" growth of vegetation, often conveying a sense of flourishing beauty. It is a component of classical literary terms like "葳蕤," which describes the drooping, abundant foliage of plants, and carries historical usage in poetry and botanical contexts. This character belongs to the Kangxi radical for grass (艸) and is encoded in the Unicode Standard to support digital representation of traditional CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) scripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8473 |
| 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 | 葳 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 葳 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x91 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8473 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008473 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8473 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | DFBB |
| kCCCII | 232269 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-4660 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-4660 |
| kCangjie | TIHV |
| kCantonese | wai1 |
| kCihaiT | 1155.401 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1507.160 |
| kDefinition | luxuriant, flourishing; used for various plants |
| kEACC | 232269 |
| kFanqie | 於非 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4425.3 |
| kGB0 | 6158 |
| kGB1 | 6158 |
| kHangul | 위:1N |
| kHanYu | 53245.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53245.090:wēi |
| kIICore | BGT |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1507.160 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53245.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1046.180 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5D5A |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-DFBB |
| kIRG_JSource | J13-7B2B |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6EC7 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-695E |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-4660 |
| kJapanese | イ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:5083 |
| kJIS0213 | 1,91,11 |
| kJapaneseOn | I |
| kJis1 | 5666 |
| kKangXi | 1046.180 |
| kKorean | WI |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5524 |
| kMandarin | wēi |
| kMatthews | 7052 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3718b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022391 MJ022391:E0101 MJ022392:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 31456:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 1424 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+17085+140.3.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.9 |
| kSBGY | 064.48 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 591.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | wēi粵wai1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5524 |
| kTang | qiuəi |
| kTGHZ2013 | 381.090:wēi |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 274:131 |
| kXHC1983 | 1190.040:wēi |