U+8551 "蕑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

蕑

U+8551 "蕑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) traditionally pronounced as "jiān" in Mandarin and used primarily in classical or literary contexts. It represents a type of fragrant herb, often identified with the Acorus calamus (sweet flag) or similar plants, and appears in ancient texts such as the Classic of Poetry to evoke themes of purity or ritual use. In modern usage, character 𮖽 is relatively rare and is not commonly employed in everyday Simplified or Traditional Chinese, though it retains significance in historical linguistic and botanical studies.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8551
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	蕑
HTML Hex Encoding	蕑
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x95 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8551
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008551
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8551

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	EB46
kCCCII	23255F
kCNS1986	2-5971
kCNS1992	2-5971
kCangjie	TANB
kCantonese	gaan1
kCihaiT	1167.601
kDaeJaweon	1520.220
kDefinition	Valeriana villosa, climbing plant
kEACC	23255F
kFanqie	古閑
kFourCornerCode	4422.7
kGB3	7321
kGSR	0191f
kHanYu	53297.120
kHanyuPinyin	53297.120:jiān
kIRGDaeJaweon	1520.220
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53297.120
kIRGKangXi	1057.350
kIRG_GSource	G3-6935
kIRG_HSource	HB2-EB46
kIRG_JSource	J14-7670
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-6F71
kIRG_KSource	K2-5961
kIRG_TSource	T2-5971
kJapanese	カンケンゲン
kJIS0213	2,86,80
kJapaneseKun	HUJIBAKAMA
kJapaneseOn	KAN GEN
kJis1	5736
kKangXi	1057.350
kMandarin	jiān
kMojiJoho	MJ022784 MJ022784:E0102 MJ022785:E0103
kMorohashi	31954:E0103
kPhonetic	422
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+18541+140.3.12 V+20207+140.3.12
kRSUnicode	140.12
kSBGY	129.13
kSimplifiedVariant	"𰱇" U+30C47 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kTotalStrokes	15
kUnihanCore2020	HMT
kXerox	306:145