U+8491 "蒑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8491 "蒑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) traditionally categorized as a compound ideograph, though its exact etymology and modern usage are relatively obscure. It is composed of the radical 艹 (grass or plant) on top, indicating a botanical association, and a phonetic component below that suggests its pronunciation, which in modern Mandarin is typically read as "yīn" or related syllables. Historically, this character appears in classical Chinese texts and dictionaries, often referring to a specific type of plant or herb, though its precise botanical identification has faded from common knowledge. In contemporary contexts, "蒑" is rarely used in everyday writing or speech, making it a more esoteric character encountered primarily in specialized linguistic or historical studies.

General Properties

Code Point U+8491
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 蒑
HTML Hex Encoding 蒑
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0x92 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8491
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008491
C/C++/Java Escape \u8491

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

kBigFive E3D3
kCCCII 23243C
kCNS1986 2-4D5A
kCNS1992 2-4D5A
kCangjie THSE
kCantonese jan1
kDaeJaweon 1509.100
kFourCornerCode 4424.7
kGB5 7336
kHangul 은:N
kHanYu 53266.020
kHanyuPinyin 53266.020:yīn
kIRGDaeJaweon 1509.100
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 53266.020
kIRGKangXi 1048.010
kIRG_GSource G5-6944
kIRG_HSource HB2-E3D3
kIRG_JSource JMJ-022439
kIRG_KPSource KP1-6F13
kIRG_KSource K2-5874
kIRG_TSource T2-4D5A
kJapanese イン オン
kKoreanName 2015
kKangXi 1048.010
kMandarin yīn
kMojiJoho MJ022439
kMorohashi 31542
kRSUnicode 140.10
kTotalStrokes 13
kUnihanCore2020 HMT