U+8517 "蔗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蔗
U+8517 "蔗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "sugarcane," referring to the tall perennial grass species Saccharum officinarum cultivated for its sweet juice, from which sugar is extracted. In ancient and modern Chinese texts, it appears in compound words such as "甘蔗" (gānzhè, sugarcane) and can also be used in the term "蔗糖" (zhètáng, cane sugar), highlighting its close association with sugar production. Additionally, in Chinese medicine and culinary contexts, sugarcane is valued for its refreshing juice and cooling properties. The character is composed of the grass radical (艹) on top, indicating its botanical nature, and the phonetic component "遮" (zhē) below, which hints at its pronunciation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8517 |
| 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 | 蔗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蔗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x94 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8517 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008517 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8517 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BDA9 |
| kCCCII | 21556A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6E52 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6E52 |
| kCangjie | TITF |
| kCantonese | ze3 |
| kCihaiT | 1165.506 |
| kCowles | 171 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1517.030 |
| kDefinition | sugar cane |
| kEACC | 21556A |
| kFanqie | 之夜 |
| kFenn | 201G |
| kFennIndex | 21.13 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4423.1 |
| kGB0 | 5365 |
| kGB1 | 5365 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kHangul | 자:0N |
| kHanYu | 53283.030 |
| kHanyuPinlu | zhe(10) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53283.030:zhè |
| kHKGlyph | 3522 |
| kIICore | AGTHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1517.030 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53283.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1054.160 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5561 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BDA9 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6874 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E6BE |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6D3D |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6E52 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6550 |
| kJapanese | シャ ショ さとうきび |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3072 |
| kJapaneseKun | SATOUKIBI |
| kJapaneseOn | SHO SHA |
| kJis0 | 7284 |
| kKangXi | 1054.160 |
| kKorean | CA |
| kLau | 1369 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5587 |
| kMandarin | zhè |
| kMatthews | 261 |
| kMeyerWempe | 190 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022682 MJ022682:E0102 MJ022684:E0103 MJ022683:E0104 |
| kMorohashi | 31794:E0104 |
| kNelson | 4034 |
| kPhonetic | 1238 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6429+140.3.11 V+7860+140.3.11 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.11 |
| kSBGY | 423.11 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+27039<kFennIndex:T |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 596.13 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhè粵ze3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5587 |
| kTang | jià |
| kTGHZ2013 | 470.130:zhè |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | giá |
| kXerox | 253:136 |
| kXHC1983 | 1465.010:zhè |