U+8514 "蔔" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蔔
U+8514 "蔔" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to the radish or turnip, notably used in the compound word "蘿蔔" (luóbo), which means radish. This ideograph is classified under the Kangxi Radical for grass or plants (艸), reflecting its botanical association, and it typically appears in traditional Chinese text as well as in Japanese and Korean writing systems, where it carries similar meanings related to root vegetables. Historically derived from ancient script, the character combines a phonetic element with a semantic component indicating a plant, making it a standard component in agricultural and culinary vocabulary across East Asian cultures.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8514 |
| 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 | 蔔 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蔔 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x94 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8514 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008514 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8514 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BDB3 |
| kCCCII | 215573 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6E5C |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6E5C |
| kCangjie | TPMW |
| kCantonese | baak6 |
| kCihaiT | 1164.401 |
| kCowles | 3180 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1516.300 |
| kDefinition | radish; other root vegetables |
| kEACC | 215573 |
| kFanqie | 蒲北 |
| kFenn | 816F |
| kFennIndex | 417.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4462.7 |
| kGB1 | 8805 |
| kHangul | 복:0N |
| kHanYu | 53282.040 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53282.040:bo |
| kHKGlyph | 3532 |
| kIICore | ATHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1516.300 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53282.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1054.070 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-7825 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BDB3 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6879 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DEC6 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5C5B |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6E5C |
| kJapanese | フク ホク ボク |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | DAIKON |
| kJapaneseOn | FUKU HOKU |
| kJis0 | 7289 |
| kKangXi | 1054.070 |
| kKorean | POK |
| kMandarin | bó |
| kMatthews | 5331 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2225 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022677 MJ022677:E0101 MJ022678:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 31785:E0102 |
| kNelson | 4031 |
| kPhonetic | 1004 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6434+140.3.11 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.11 |
| kSBGY | 530.22 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+83D4<kMeyerWempe |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "卜" U+535C CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 596.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | bo粵baak6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5597 |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 255:151 |
| kXHC1983 | 0085.091:bo |