U+84F8 "蓸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+84F8 "蓸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character from the Grass Radical (艹) category, primarily used in classical or specialized contexts rather than modern standard Chinese. Its structure combines the grass radical with the phonetic component "曹" (cao), and it is typically read as "cáo" or similar pronunciations in historical texts. The character's exact meaning is obscure but often relates to plant names, having been documented in ancient Chinese dictionaries and encyclopedic works like the Kangxi Zidian, where it denotes a specific type of weed or medicinal herb. Due to its rarity, it is not commonly used in contemporary writing but remains preserved for scholarly studies of classical Chinese literature and historical lexicography.

General Properties

Code Point U+84F8
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 蓸
HTML Hex Encoding 蓸
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0x93 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0x84F8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000084F8
C/C++/Java Escape \u84f8

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

kCCCII 23246E
kCNS1986 E-4E42
kCNS1992 3-4E42
kCangjie TTWA
kCantonese cou4
kFanqie 昨勞
kGB3 7452
kHanYu 53276.060
kHanyuPinyin 53276.060:cáo
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 53276.060
kIRGKangXi 1052.330
kIRG_GSource G3-6A54
kIRG_HSource H-99BF
kIRG_JSource JMJ-022626
kIRG_TSource T3-4E42
kJapanese ソウ ゾウ
kKangXi 1052.330
kMandarin cáo
kMojiJoho MJ022626
kMorohashi 31738
kRSUnicode 140.11
kSBGY 158.38
kTotalStrokes 14
kUnihanCore2020 H