U+8511 "蔑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蔑
U+8511 "蔑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) writing systems, primarily carrying meanings related to belittling, scorning, or extinguishing. In its most common usage, it conveys the notion of contempt or disdain, as seen in words like "輕蔑" meaning to despise, or "蔑視" meaning to look down upon. The character's structure combines the radical for grass (艹) with other components, historically suggesting the act of trampling or erasing, which metaphorically extends to undermining someone's worth. Beyond emotional expression, in Classical Chinese, "蔑" also appears in contexts meaning "to annihilate" or "to subdue," reflecting its broader semantic range of negation and reduction.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8511 |
| 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 | 蔑 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蔑 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x94 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8511 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008511 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8511 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BDB0 |
| kCCCII | 215570 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6E59 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6E59 |
| kCangjie | TWLI |
| kCantonese | mit6 |
| kCihaiT | 1164.201 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1516.260 |
| kDefinition | disdain, disregard; slight |
| kEACC | 292D51 |
| kFanqie | 莫結 |
| kFenn | 343I |
| kFennIndex | 341.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4425.3 |
| kGB0 | 3579 |
| kGB1 | 3579 |
| kGSR | 0311a |
| kHangul | 멸:0N |
| kHanYu | 53279.080 |
| kHanyuPinlu | miè(12) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53279.080:miè |
| kHKGlyph | 3529 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1516.260 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53279.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1054.030 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-436F |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BDB0 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4A4E |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DAEE |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5921 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6E59 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-654E |
| kJapanese | ベツ メチ ベイ メイ さげすむ ないがしろ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3070 |
| kJapaneseKun | SAGESUMU NAIGASHIRO NAI |
| kJapaneseOn | BETSU |
| kJis0 | 4246 |
| kKangXi | 1054.030 |
| kKorean | MYEL |
| kLau | 2150 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5583 |
| kMandarin | miè |
| kMatthews | 4485 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1833a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022670 MJ022667:E0102 MJ022669:E0103 MJ022668:E0104 MJ022670:E0105 MJ058507:E0106 |
| kMorohashi | 31781:E0104 |
| kNelson | 4038 |
| kPhonetic | 906 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3614+140.3.11 V+14013+140.3.11 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.11 |
| kSBGY | 494.55 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "蔑" U+8511 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 596.10 597.11 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | miè粵mit6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5583 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 253.090,253.100:miè |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "蔑" U+8511 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "衊" U+884A CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | miệt |
| kVietnameseNumeric | 1 |
| kXerox | 260:327 |
| kXHC1983 | 0789.050:miè |