U+856A "蕪" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+856A "蕪" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "overgrown with weeds" or "wild" and is used in classical and modern East Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it often appears in compounds like "荒蕪" (huángwú, meaning "overgrown" or "waste") or in Japanese as "蕪" (kabu, meaning "turnip"). In traditional contexts, this character conveys a sense of untamed growth or neglect, and it is also employed in literary works to describe barren or uncultivated land, while its phonetic component contributes to its pronunciation in various dialects. The character belongs to the Kangxi Radical 140 (艸, grass) and is part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, which consolidates characters from Chinese, Japanese, and Korean scripts for digital encoding and cross-platform use.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
蕪 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
蕪 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE8 0x95 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x856A |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000856A |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u856a |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
BFBE |
| kCCCII |
21557C |
| kCNS1986 |
1-7228 |
| kCNS1992 |
1-7228 |
| kCangjie |
TOTF |
| kCantonese |
mou4 |
| kCihaiT |
1167.402 |
| kDaeJaweon |
1522.010 |
| kDefinition |
luxurious growth of weeds |
| kEACC |
21557C |
| kFanqie |
武夫 |
| kFenn |
259G |
| kFennIndex |
607.02 |
| kFourCornerCode |
4433.1 |
| kGB1 |
4663 |
| kGradeLevel |
6 |
| kGSR |
0103l |
| kHangul |
무:0N |
| kHanYu |
53291.080 |
| kHanyuPinyin |
53291.080:wú,wǔ |
| kHKGlyph |
3540 |
| kIICore |
ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
1522.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
53291.080 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1059.020 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G1-4E5F |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-BFBE |
| kIRG_JSource |
J0-4973 |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP0-DBE1 |
| kIRG_KSource |
K0-5973 |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-7228 |
| kIRG_VSource |
V2-8F50 |
| kJapanese |
ブ ム かぶら かぶ あれる |
| kJinmeiyoKanji |
2010 |
| kKoreanName |
2015 |
| kJapaneseKun |
ARERU KABURA |
| kJapaneseOn |
BU MU |
| kJis0 |
4183 |
| kKangXi |
1059.020 |
| kKorean |
MWU |
| kMandarin |
wú |
| kMatthews |
7184 |
| kMeyerWempe |
1847d |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ022840 MJ022840:E0101 MJ022841:E0102 |
| kMorohashi |
32004:E0102 |
| kNelson |
4053 |
| kPhonetic |
914 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+3557+140.3.12 |
| kRSUnicode |
140.12 |
| kSBGY |
073.03 |
| kSimplifiedVariant |
"芜" U+829C CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
599.11 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
wú粵mou4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
5617 |
| kTang |
*mio |
| kTotalStrokes |
15 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
HJKMPT |
| kXerox |
256:172 |
| kXHC1983 |
1218.011:wú |