U+8539 "蔹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蔹
U+8539 "蔹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of climbing plant or vine, specifically the species Vitis thunbergii or a related wild grape, and is often used in traditional contexts to describe a creeping or twining growth habit. In modern usage, it appears in classical Chinese literature and botanical references, and it is also a component in compounds such as "白蔹" (bai lian), a medicinal herb in traditional Chinese medicine valued for its anti-inflammatory and detoxifying properties. This character is composed of the radical for grass or herb (艹) and a phonetic component, reflecting its classification as a plant name.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8539 |
| 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 | 蔹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蔹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x94 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8539 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008539 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8539 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 29282A |
| kCangjie | TOMK |
| kCantonese | lim5 |
| kDefinition | wild vine, Vitis pentaphylla |
| kEACC | 29282A |
| kFourCornerCode | 4414 |
| kGB0 | 6192 |
| kHanYu | 53281.100 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53281.100 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1056.121 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5D7C |
| kTGH | 2013:7644 |
| kKangXi | 1056.121 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5692 |
| kMandarin | liǎn |
| kRSUnicode | 140.11 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 598.07 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 220.020:liǎn |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "蘞" U+861E CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0704.090:liǎn |