U+8637 "蘷" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8637 "蘷" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare Chinese character that falls under the category of CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) unified ideographs in the Unicode standard. This character is primarily used in classical Chinese texts and is associated with the meaning of a type of plant or herb, though it is not commonly used in modern writing due to its obscure nature. Its structure combines the radical for grass or plants with a phonetic component, reflecting its botanical origins. Because of its rarity, it is often encountered only in specialized dictionaries or historical literature, and it may not be supported by all fonts or digital systems without specific CJK language support.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8637
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	蘷
HTML Hex Encoding	蘷
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x98 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8637
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008637
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8637

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kCCCII	232832
kCNS1986	E-6640
kCNS1992	3-6640
kCangjie	TMCE
kCantonese	kwai4
kDefinition	one-legged monster; walrus
kEACC	232832
kHanYu	53334.081
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53334.081
kIRGKangXi	1072.071
kIRG_GSource	GE-4A6E
kIRG_KSource	K2-5A78
kIRG_TSource	T3-6640
kKangXi	1072.071
kMandarin	kuí
kMorohashi	32538
kPhonetic	721
kRSUnicode	140.18
kSpoofingVariant	U+27144
kTotalStrokes	21
kXerox	323:160
kZVariant	U+8641