U+8616 "蘖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蘖
U+8616 "蘖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a "bud" or "sprout" that grows from a plant stump, often associated with newly grown shoots from a felled tree or the tillering of grasses like bamboo. It can also denote "yeast" or "leavening agent" in traditional fermentation processes, particularly in the context of brewing. In classical and modern Chinese, this character carries connotations of regeneration and growth, appearing in texts related to agriculture, botany, and culinary arts. Its structure combines the "grass" radical (艹) with a phonetic component, reflecting its botanical and fermentation-related meanings.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8616 |
| 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 | 蘖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蘖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x98 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8616 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008616 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8616 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 232828 |
| kCNS1986 | E-5E5A |
| kCNS1992 | 3-5E5A |
| kCangjie | THJD |
| kCantonese | jit6 |
| kCihaiT | 1179.601 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1535.320 |
| kDefinition | stump, sprout |
| kEACC | 51563F |
| kFanqie | 五割 魚列 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4490.4 |
| kGB0 | 6233 |
| kGB1 | 6233 |
| kHangul | 얼:0N |
| kHanYu | 53331.150 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53331.150:niè,bò |
| kIICore | AGK |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1535.320 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53331.150 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1069.070 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5E41 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-8F7E |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5D31 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-7096 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-656E |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-5E5A |
| kJapanese | ゲツ ひこばえ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:6423 |
| kJapaneseKun | HIKOBAE |
| kJapaneseOn | GETSU |
| kJis0 | 6117 |
| kKangXi | 1069.070 |
| kKorean | EL |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5649 |
| kMandarin | niè |
| kMatthews | 4702 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023178 MJ023178:E0101 MJ023179:E0102 MJ060149:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 32478:E0102 |
| kNelson | 4099 |
| kPhonetic | 1215 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5328+140.3.17 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.17 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+6AF1<kMatthews |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "蘖" U+8616 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 606.03 339.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | niè粵jit6,jip6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5649 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 268.030:niè |
| kTotalStrokes | 20 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "櫱" U+6AF1 CJK Unified Ideograph-# "蘖" U+8616 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJK |
| kXHC1983 | 0085.071:bò 0834.110:niè |