U+8638 "蘸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
蘸
U+8638 "蘸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means to dip into a sauce, ink, or liquid, often used in the context of eating, calligraphy, or cooking. It commonly appears in culinary phrases like "蘸醬" to refer to dipping sauce or in cultural practices such as "蘸墨" for dipping a brush in ink. The character is composed of a radical related to plants or grass, and a phonetic component, reflecting its roots in Chinese writing systems. Its usage is practical and culturally significant, especially in food and artistic traditions across East Asia.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8638 |
| 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 | 蘸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 蘸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x98 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8638 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008638 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8638 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C5D9 |
| kCCCII | 215641 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7C45 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7C45 |
| kCangjie | TMGF |
| kCantonese | zaam3 |
| kCihaiT | 1181.601 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1537.400 |
| kDefinition | dip (a brush); remarry |
| kEACC | 215641 |
| kFanqie | 莊陷 |
| kFenn | 56E |
| kFennIndex | 12.09 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4433.1 4463.1 |
| kGB0 | 5326 |
| kGB1 | 5326 |
| kHanYu | 53336.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu | zhàn(10) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53336.020:zhàn |
| kHKGlyph | 3572 |
| kIICore | AGTHM |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1537.400 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53336.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1071.210 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-553A |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C5D9 |
| kIRG_JSource | J13-7B4C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-70B1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5A79 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7C45 |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-8F5C |
| kJapanese | サン ひたす |
| kTGH | 2013:6466 |
| kJIS0213 | 1,91,44 |
| kJapaneseKun | HITASU |
| kJapaneseOn | SAN |
| kJis1 | 5818 |
| kKangXi | 1071.210 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5699 |
| kMandarin | zhàn |
| kMatthews | 145 |
| kMeyerWempe | 82b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023239 MJ023239:E0101 MJ023240:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 32574:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 22 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+17105+140.3.19 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.19 |
| kSBGY | 445.17 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 606.11 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhàn粵zaam3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5699 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 465.150:zhàn |
| kTotalStrokes | 22 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 261:041 |
| kXHC1983 | 1452.050:zhàn |