U+8593 "薓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
薓
U+8593 "薓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that corresponds to a rare or historical term, often associated with the name of a type of herb or plant, specifically referencing ginseng in some contexts, though it is not a common modern character. It belongs to the CJK Unified Ideographs block and is composed of the radical for grass or plant (艹) combined with phonetic components, giving it a meaning tied to botanical or medicinal usage. This character appears in classical Chinese texts and specialized dictionaries, reflecting its niche role in written language rather than everyday communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8593 |
| 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 | 薓 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 薓 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x96 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8593 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008593 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8593 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 232624 |
| kCNS1986 | E-5629 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-5629 |
| kCangjie | XTESE |
| kCantonese | sam1 |
| kCihaiT | 1171.407 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1525.080 |
| kDefinition | ginseng |
| kFanqie | 所今 |
| kFennIndex | 444.03 |
| kGB5 | 7431 |
| kHanYu | 53308.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53308.060:shēn |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1525.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53308.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1061.110 |
| kIRG_GSource | G5-6A3F |
| kIRG_HSource | H-8776 |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-767B |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6FCF |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-5629 |
| kJapanese | シン |
| kJIS0213 | 2,86,91 |
| kJapaneseKun | NINJIN CHOUSENNINJIN |
| kJapaneseOn | SHIN |
| kJis1 | 5763 |
| kKangXi | 1061.110 |
| kMandarin | shēn |
| kMatthews | 5723 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022924 MJ022924:E0101 MJ022925:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 32112:E0102 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+18550+140.3.13 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.13 |
| kSBGY | 220.21 |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant | U+53C3<kFenn |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | H |