U+8478 "葸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
葸
U+8478 "葸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that traditionally carries meanings related to fear, timidity, or a state of being intimidated or cowering, though it can also refer to a type of plant or herb in classical contexts. In modern Mandarin, it is most commonly used in the compound word "葸葸" to describe a nervous or fidgety demeanor, and it appears in classical texts such as the Analects of Confucius, where it describes a respectful yet apprehensive posture. The character is composed of the grass radical (艹) suggesting its botanical origin, combined with the phonetic component "思" (sī, meaning thought or longing), reflecting its evolution from a plant name to an abstract emotional concept.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8478 |
| 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 | 葸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 葸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x91 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8478 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008478 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8478 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | DFC4 |
| kCCCII | 23227C |
| kCNS1986 | 2-4669 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-4669 |
| kCangjie | TWP |
| kCantonese | saai2 |
| kCihaiT | 1155.502 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1508.030 |
| kDefinition | afraid, bashful |
| kEACC | 23227C |
| kFanqie | 胥里 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4433.6 |
| kGB0 | 6163 |
| kGB1 | 6163 |
| kGSR | 0973c |
| kHanYu | 53249.030 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53249.030:xǐ |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1508.030 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53249.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1046.250 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5D5F |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-DFC4 |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-7651 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6E8E |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-586D |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-4669 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6543 |
| kJapanese | シ サイ |
| kTGH | 2013:5085 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,86,49 |
| kJapaneseKun | YOI |
| kJapaneseOn | SAI SHI |
| kJis1 | 5669 |
| kKangXi | 1046.250 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5527 |
| kMandarin | xǐ |
| kMatthews | 2466 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022401 MJ022401:E0101 MJ022402:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 31463:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 1174 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+18517+140.3.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.9 |
| kSBGY | 252.32 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 591.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xǐ粵saai2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5527 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 394.160:xǐ |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kVietnamese | tơi |
| kXerox | 300:277 |
| kXHC1983 | 1234.050:xǐ |