U+8639 "蘹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8639 "蘹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rarely used Chinese character that typically represents a type of plant or herb, often identified with the botanical name *Artemisia*, though its exact meaning varies across historical texts and regional usage. It is composed of the radical for grass or vegetation and a phonetic component, following the structure of many traditional Chinese characters. In modern standard Chinese, this character is obscure and not commonly found in everyday writing, appearing instead in specialized dictionaries or classical literature.

General Properties

Code Point U+8639
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 蘹
HTML Hex Encoding 蘹
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0x98 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8639
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008639
C/C++/Java Escape \u8639

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

kBigFive F7F2
kCCCII 232847
kCNS1986 2-6F41
kCNS1992 2-6F41
kCangjie TPYV
kCantonese waai4
kCihaiT 1181.602
kDaeJaweon 1537.430
kFourCornerCode 4493.2
kHanYu 53337.120
kHanyuPinyin 53337.120:huái
kIRGDaeJaweon 1537.430
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 53337.120
kIRGKangXi 1071.230
kIRG_GSource GE-4A6F
kIRG_HSource HB2-F7F2
kIRG_JSource J4-7734
kIRG_KPSource KP1-70B6
kIRG_KSource K2-5A7A
kIRG_TSource T2-6F41
kJapanese カイ エ ウイ
kJIS0213 2,87,20
kKangXi 1071.230
kMandarin huái
kMojiJoho MJ023241 MJ023241:E0101 MJ023242:E0102
kMorohashi 32576:E0102
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+18572+140.3.19
kRSUnicode 140.19
kSimplifiedVariant "𬜸" U+2C738 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kTotalStrokes 22
kUnihanCore2020 HMT