U+84B4 "蒴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+84B4 "蒴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the concept of a seed capsule or pod, particularly in botanical contexts, and is classified as a grass radical (艹) character with 13 strokes. It is used in East Asian languages, most notably in Chinese, where it often appears in terms like "蒴果" meaning capsule fruit, referring to a dry dehiscent fruit that splits open at maturity to release seeds. The character is pronounced "shuò" in Mandarin and is part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block in Unicode, which encompasses characters from Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese scripts. As a historical and linguistic symbol, it reflects the deep connection between writing and agricultural classification in classical Chinese texts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+84B4
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	蒴
HTML Hex Encoding	蒴
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x92 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding	0x84B4
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000084B4
C/C++/Java Escape	\u84b4

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	E3B7
kCCCII	23235C
kCNS1986	2-4D3E
kCNS1992	2-4D3E
kCangjie	TTUB
kCantonese	sok3
kCihaiT	1162.103
kDaeJaweon	1511.100
kDefinition	seed (capsule)
kEACC	23235C
kFanqie	所角
kFourCornerCode	4442.7
kGB0	6184
kGB1	6184
kHangul	삭:1N
kHanYu	53269.090
kHanyuPinyin	53269.090:shuò
kIBMJapan	FB99
kIICore	CT
kIRGDaeJaweon	1511.100
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53269.090
kIRGKangXi	1050.030
kIRG_GSource	G0-5D74
kIRG_HSource	HB2-E3B7
kIRG_JSource	J13-7B2F
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-6EE8
kIRG_KSource	K1-635E
kIRG_TSource	T2-4D3E
kJapanese	サク
kKoreanName	2015
kTGH	2013:5388
kJIS0213	1,91,15
kJapaneseKun	SOKUZU
kJapaneseOn	SAKU
kJis1	5684
kKangXi	1050.030
kKorean	SAK
kMainlandTelegraph	7801
kMandarin	shuò
kMojiJoho	MJ022501 MJ022501:E0101 MJ022502:E0102
kMorohashi	31614:E0102
kNelson	4006
kPhonetic	1231
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+8606+140.3.10
kRSUnicode	140.10
kSBGY	465.05
kSMSZD2003Index	593.08
kSMSZD2003Readings	shuò粵sok3
kTGHZ2013	345.140:shuò
kTotalStrokes	13
kUnihanCore2020	GHMT
kXerox	321:100
kXHC1983	1084.010:shuò