U+8477 "葷" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
葷
U+8477 "葷" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character traditionally meaning "strong-smelling vegetables" or "pungent herbs," specifically referring to ingredients like garlic, onions, leeks, and Chinese chives that are often avoided in Buddhist vegetarian diets due to their strong flavors and believed stimulant properties. It contrasts with the character "素" (su), which denotes plain vegetarian food, and is commonly used in words like "葷菜" (hun cai) meaning meat or pungent dishes in contrast to pure vegetarian fare. The character is composed of the grass radical "艹" (representing plants) and the phonetic component "軍" (jun), reflecting its botanical and sensory associations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8477 |
| 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 | 葷 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 葷 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x91 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8477 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008477 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8477 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B8A7 |
| kCCCII | 215553 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-662E |
| kCNS1992 | 1-662E |
| kCangjie | TBJJ |
| kCantonese | fan1 |
| kCihaiT | 1155.501 |
| kCowles | 700 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1508.020 |
| kDefinition | meat diet; strong smelling |
| kEACC | 215553 |
| kFanqie | 許云 |
| kFenn | 838A |
| kFennIndex | 211.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4450.6 |
| kGB1 | 2771 |
| kGSR | 0458h |
| kHangul | 훈:1N |
| kHanYu | 53257.040 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53257.040:hūn,xūn |
| kHKGlyph | 3492 |
| kIICore | ATHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1508.020 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53257.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1046.230 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-3B67 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B8A7 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6858 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6EB6 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-746F |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-662E |
| kJapanese | クン |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | NAMAGUSA |
| kJapaneseOn | GUN KUN |
| kJis0 | 7256 |
| kKangXi | 1046.230 |
| kKarlgren | 508 |
| kKorean | HWUN |
| kLau | 677 |
| kMandarin | hūn |
| kMatthews | 2368 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022399 MJ022399:E0101 MJ022400:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 31461:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 723 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6401+140.3.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.9 |
| kSBGY | 111.34 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "荤" U+8364 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 591.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | hūn粵fan1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5526 |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJMT |
| kXerox | 262:372 |