U+84EF "蓯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蓯
U+84EF "蓯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in traditional and classical texts, where it refers to the plant species Cistanche, a parasitic herb often employed in traditional Chinese medicine for its reputed health benefits, such as enhancing vitality and supporting kidney function. It is composed of the radical for grass and a phonetic component, linking it to the broader category of botanical terms in East Asian writing systems. This character appears in historical pharmacopoeias and literary works, though it is less common in modern simplified Chinese, where alternative characters may be used.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+84EF |
| 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 | 蓯 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蓯 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x93 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x84EF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000084EF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u84ef |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | E776 |
| kCCCII | 232535 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-535F |
| kCNS1992 | 2-535F |
| kCangjie | THOO |
| kCantonese | cung1 |
| kCihaiT | 1163.401 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1515.020 |
| kDefinition | Cistanche deserticola, desert broomrape |
| kEACC | 232535 |
| kFanqie | 作孔 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4428.1 |
| kGB1 | 6042 |
| kHangul | 총:1N |
| kHanYu | 53281.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53281.060:zǒng,cōng,sǒng |
| kIICore | CT |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1515.020 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53281.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1052.190 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-5C4A |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-E776 |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-7660 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6F53 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-702F |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-535F |
| kJapanese | ソウ ス ショウ シュ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,86,64 |
| kJapaneseKun | KABURA |
| kJapaneseOn | SOU SU SHOU SHU |
| kJis1 | 5704 |
| kKangXi | 1052.190 |
| kKorean | CHONG |
| kMandarin | cōng |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022609 MJ022609:E0101 MJ022610:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 31724:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 329 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+18531+140.3.11 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.11 |
| kSBGY | 236.28 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "苁" U+82C1 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 596.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | cōng粵cung1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 9112 |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kXerox | 313:266 |
| kXHC1983 | 0178.021:cōng |