U+8562 "蕢" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蕢
U+8562 "蕢" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that represents a type of plant, specifically referring to the Chinese arrowroot or a similar tuberous herb. It is also historically used as a surname and appears in classical texts, such as in the name of the ancient figure Kuai Tong. This character is composed of the grass radical (艸) and the phonetic component 貴 (gui), indicating its botanical nature and pronunciation in various Chinese dialects. In modern usage, it is less common but remains relevant in literary and historical contexts, particularly in East Asian languages like Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it is recognized in the CJK Unified Ideographs block of the Unicode standard.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8562 |
| 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 | 蕢 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蕢 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x95 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8562 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008562 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8562 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | EB44 |
| kCCCII | 232564 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-596F |
| kCNS1992 | 2-596F |
| kCangjie | TLMC |
| kCantonese | gwai6 |
| kCihaiT | 1168.102 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1521.150 |
| kDefinition | edible amaranth; straw basket |
| kEACC | 232564 |
| kFanqie | 求位 苦怪 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4480.6 |
| kGB1 | 6162 |
| kGSR | 0540i |
| kHanYu | 53291.010 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53291.010:kuì,kuài |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1521.150 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53291.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1058.280 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-5D5E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-EB44 |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-7674 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6F7C |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5969 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-596F |
| kJapanese | カイ キ ケ ギ あじか つちくれ |
| kJIS0213 | 2,86,84 |
| kJapaneseKun | ARERU |
| kJapaneseOn | KAI KE KI GI |
| kJis1 | 5747 |
| kKangXi | 1058.280 |
| kKarlgren | 456 |
| kMandarin | kuì |
| kMatthews | 3667 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1377c |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022823 MJ022823:E0101 MJ022824:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 31989:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 716 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+18543+140.3.12 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.12 |
| kSBGY | 351.34 385.52 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+7C23<kMeyerWempe U+7C44<kMeyerWempe |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "蒉" U+8489 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 599.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | kuì粵gwai6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5614 |
| kTotalStrokes | 15 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kXerox | 306:151 |