U+856E "蕮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蕮
U+856E "蕮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that represents a type of plant, specifically identified as the aquatic herb commonly known as “water pepper” or “smartweed” (Persicaria hydropiper or related species), often referenced in classical Chinese texts for its medicinal properties or use in flavoring. This character falls under the radical for grass (艹) combined with a phonetic component, reflecting its botanical classification within the CJK ideographic system, where it is primarily used in historical or literary contexts rather than modern everyday language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+856E |
| 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 | 蕮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蕮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x95 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x856E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000856E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u856e |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | EB4D |
| kCCCII | 232573 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-5978 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-5978 |
| kCangjie | THXF |
| kCantonese | sik1 |
| kCihaiT | 1168.406 |
| kFanqie | 思積 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4432.7 |
| kGB3 | 7484 |
| kHanYu | 53292.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53292.060:xì |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53292.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1059.110 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-6A74 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-EB4D |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-022849 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-596D |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-5978 |
| kJapanese | セキ シャク |
| kKangXi | 1059.110 |
| kMandarin | xì |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022849 |
| kMorohashi | 32013 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.12 |
| kSBGY | 516.22 |
| kTotalStrokes | 15 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |