U+858A "薊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
薊
U+858A "薊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character traditionally used in East Asian scripts, particularly in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it represents a thistle or a plant from the genus Cirsium. In historical contexts, it also appears as a component in place names and surnames, such as the ancient Chinese state of Ji. In modern usage, the character is less common in everyday writing but remains present in botanical terminology and literary references, often symbolizing resilience or sharpness due to the thistle's prickly nature.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+858A |
| 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 | 薊 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 薊 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x96 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x858A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000858A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u858a |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C1AA |
| kCCCII | 232651 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7534 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7534 |
| kCangjie | TNFN |
| kCantonese | gai3 |
| kCihaiT | 1170.102 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1524.120 |
| kDefinition | genus Cirsium, thistles; surname |
| kEACC | 232651 |
| kFanqie | 古詣 |
| kFenn | 0G |
| kFennIndex | 37.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4432.0 |
| kGB1 | 2827 |
| kHangul | 계:1N |
| kHanYu | 53304.110 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53304.110:jì |
| kIICore | ATJ |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1524.120 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53304.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1060.240 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-3C3B |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C1AA |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6929 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6FBD |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-5867 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7534 |
| kJapanese | ケイ カイ ケツ ケ ケチ あざみ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | AZAMI |
| kJapaneseOn | KEI |
| kJis0 | 7309 |
| kKangXi | 1060.240 |
| kKorean | KYEY |
| kMandarin | jì |
| kMatthews | 447 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1008c |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022905 MJ022905:E0101 MJ022904:E0102 MJ022906:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 32095:E0103 |
| kNelson | 4061 |
| kPhonetic | 559 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6448+140.3.13 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.13 |
| kSBGY | 372.46 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "蓟" U+84DF CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 601.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | jì粵gai3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5636 |
| kTang | gèi |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJMT |
| kXerox | 267:331 |