U+853B "蔻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蔻
U+853B "蔻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to the "cardamom" plant, specifically a type of aromatic herb used in traditional medicine and cooking, such as Amomum cardamomum. It is most famously known as part of the compound word "豆蔻" (dòukòu), which denotes the round cardamom or, in classical Chinese poetry, is used as a metaphor for a young girl or a budding adolescence, often evoking connotations of delicate beauty and freshness. This character is listed in the CJK Unified Ideographs block of Unicode, representing a standard Chinese logograph utilized in modern Mandarin writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+853B |
| 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 | 蔻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蔻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x94 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x853B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000853B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u853b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | E74D |
| kCCCII | 23245C |
| kCNS1986 | 2-5336 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-5336 |
| kCangjie | TJME |
| kCantonese | kau3 |
| kCihaiT | 1165.405 |
| kDefinition | 肉豆蔻 nutmeg, 豆蔻 cardamon |
| kEACC | 23245C |
| kFanqie | 呼漏 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4421.4 |
| kGB0 | 6202 |
| kGB1 | 6202 |
| kHanYu | 53284.152 |
| kIICore | BGTM |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53284.151 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1056.121 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5E22 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-E74D |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-058504 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-5336 |
| kJapanese | ク |
| kTGH | 2013:5655 |
| kKangXi | 1056.121 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5575 |
| kMandarin | kòu |
| kMojiJoho | MJ058504 |
| kPhonetic | 590 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.11 |
| kSBGY | 440.06 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 596.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | kòu粵kau3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5575 |
| kTang | xòu |
| kTGHZ2013 | 199.050:kòu |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 272:324 |
| kXHC1983 | 0652.020:kòu |