U+8519 "蔙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8519 "蔙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare Chinese character used primarily in classical or specialized contexts, where it denotes a type of plant or herb, often associated with the meaning of a kind of spinach or leafy green. This character is not commonly encountered in modern standard Chinese, but it appears in historical texts, botanical references, or traditional medical writings. It is composed of the radical for grass or plant (艹) combined with the phonetic element 旋 (xuán), which influences its pronunciation. Overall, "蔙" serves as a lexicographic artifact within the vast Hanzi repertoire, reflecting the nuanced vocabulary of earlier Chinese literary or scientific traditions.

General Properties

Code Point U+8519
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 蔙
HTML Hex Encoding 蔙
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0x94 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8519
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008519
C/C++/Java Escape \u8519

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

kBigFive E77C
kCCCII 232458
kCNS1986 2-5365
kCNS1992 2-5365
kCangjie TYSO
kCantonese syun6
kDaeJaweon 1517.050
kFourCornerCode 4428.1
kGB5 7371
kHanYu 53284.010
kHanyuPinyin 53284.010:xuàn
kIRGDaeJaweon 1517.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 53284.010
kIRGKangXi 1054.230
kIRG_GSource G5-6967
kIRG_HSource HB2-E77C
kIRG_JSource JMJ-022688
kIRG_KPSource KP1-6F3A
kIRG_KSource K2-594B
kIRG_TSource T2-5365
kJapanese セン
kKangXi 1054.230
kMandarin xuàn
kMojiJoho MJ022688
kMorohashi 31801
kPhonetic 1247*
kRSUnicode 140.11
kTaiwanTelegraph 9116
kTotalStrokes 14
kUnihanCore2020 HMT