U+84B9 "蒹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蒹
U+84B9 "蒹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Kanji in Japanese, Hanja in Korean) that primarily refers to a type of aquatic plant, specifically the reed or rush known as the "common reed" or "Phragmites australis" before it flowers. In classical Chinese literature, notably in the "Book of Songs" (Shijing), it appears in the famous line "蒹葭苍苍," where it evokes imagery of lush, dew-covered reeds and is used metaphorically to express longing or the elusive nature of a beloved person. The character is composed of the radical for grass (艹) indicating its botanical meaning, combined with the phonetic component "兼" (jiān).
General Properties
| Code Point | U+84B9 |
| 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 | 蒹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蒹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x92 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x84B9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000084B9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u84b9 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | E3B6 |
| kCCCII | 232358 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-4D3D |
| kCNS1992 | 2-4D3D |
| kCangjie | TTXC |
| kCantonese | gim1 |
| kCihaiT | 1162.106 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1511.180 |
| kDefinition | reed, Phragmites communis |
| kEACC | 232358 |
| kFanqie | 古甜 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4423.7 |
| kGB0 | 6183 |
| kGB1 | 6183 |
| kGSR | 0627b |
| kHangul | 겸:1N |
| kHanYu | 53269.080 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53269.080:jiān |
| kIICore | BGJ |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1511.180 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53269.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1050.100 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5D73 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-E3B6 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6865 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6EC9 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-5847 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-4D3D |
| kJapanese | ケン カン おぎ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:5387 |
| kJapaneseKun | OGI |
| kJapaneseOn | KEN |
| kJis0 | 7269 |
| kKangXi | 1050.100 |
| kKarlgren | 374 |
| kKorean | KYEM |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5545 |
| kMandarin | jiān |
| kMeyerWempe | 1141b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022508 MJ022508:E0101 MJ022510:E0102 MJ022509:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 31621:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 615 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6414+140.3.10 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.10 |
| kSBGY | 229.11 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 593.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | jiān粵gim1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5545 |
| kTang | gem |
| kTGHZ2013 | 163.140:jiān |
| kTotalStrokes | 13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kXerox | 300:300 |
| kXHC1983 | 0546.070:jiān |