U+8559 "蕙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蕙
U+8559 "蕙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that refers to a type of fragrant orchid, specifically the Cymbidium orchid, and is often associated with elegance, virtue, and refined beauty in classical Chinese literature and culture. It appears in compound words such as "蕙兰" (huìlán) for the orchid itself and is used metaphorically in idioms to describe a person's noble character or the purity of a friendship. This character is part of the standard CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) set and is commonly found in poetry, personal names, and traditional texts, where it evokes themes of natural grace and moral integrity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8559 |
| 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 | 蕙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蕙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x95 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8559 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008559 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8559 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BFB7 |
| kCCCII | 215578 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7221 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7221 |
| kCangjie | TJIP |
| kCantonese | wai6 |
| kCihaiT | 1168.508 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1520.340 |
| kDefinition | species of fragrant orchid |
| kEACC | 215578 |
| kFanqie | 胡桂 |
| kFenn | 840I |
| kFennIndex | 210.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4433.3 |
| kGB0 | 6205 |
| kGB1 | 6205 |
| kGSR | 0533f |
| kHangul | 혜:0N |
| kHanYu | 53288.220 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53288.220:huì |
| kHKGlyph | 3536 |
| kIBMJapan | FB9B |
| kIICore | AGTHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1520.340 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53288.220 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1058.060 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5E25 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BFB7 |
| kIRG_JSource | J13-7B38 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F5D8 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7B36 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7221 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6557 |
| kJapanese | ケイ エ かおりぐさ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:5872 |
| kJIS0213 | 1,91,24 |
| kJapaneseKun | KAORIGUSA |
| kJapaneseOn | KEI E |
| kJis1 | 5740 |
| kKangXi | 1058.060 |
| kKarlgren | 111 |
| kKorean | HYEY |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5610 |
| kMandarin | huì |
| kMatthews | 2340 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3747e |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022803 MJ022803:E0101 MJ022805:E0102 MJ022804:E0103 MJ022806:E0104 |
| kMorohashi | 31968:E0103 |
| kPhonetic | 1437 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+8608+140.3.12 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.12 |
| kSBGY | 373.50 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 599.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | huì粵wai6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5610 |
| kTang | huei |
| kTGHZ2013 | 149.200:huì |
| kTotalStrokes | 15 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHKMPT |
| kVietnamese | huệ |
| kXerox | 266:362 |
| kXHC1983 | 0504.120:huì |