U+8640 "虀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

虀

U+8640 "虀" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that historically refers to a type of pickled or chopped vegetable, often associated with a condiment made from preserved greens or garlic. It is composed of the radical for "grass" or "herb" and other components, reflecting its botanical and culinary origins. In classical texts, this character appears in contexts related to food preparation, particularly in northern Chinese cuisine where pickling was a common preservation method. While rarely used in modern simplified Chinese, it remains present in some historical or literary references and is occasionally found in specialized dictionaries or traditional character sets.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8640
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	虀
HTML Hex Encoding	虀
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x99 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8640
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008640
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8640

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	F7F1
kCCCII	23283F
kCNS1986	2-6F40
kCNS1992	2-6F40
kCangjie	TYSM
kCantonese	zai1
kCihaiT	1182.102
kDaeJaweon	1538.080
kDefinition	minced pickles; leeks; mix; salt
kEACC	23283F
kFanqie	祖稽
kFourCornerCode	4410.1
kHanYu	53337.060
kIRGDaeJaweon	1538.080
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53337.060
kIRGKangXi	1071.380
kIRG_GSource	GE-4A72
kIRG_HSource	HB2-F7F1
kIRG_JSource	J14-7737
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-70B3
kIRG_KSource	K2-5B21
kIRG_TSource	T2-6F40
kJapanese	セイサイ
kJIS0213	2,87,23
kJapaneseKun	AERU
kJapaneseOn	SEI SAI
kJis1	5822
kKangXi	1071.380
kMandarin	jī
kMatthews	463
kMeyerWempe	3249d
kMojiJoho	MJ023253 MJ023253:E0101 MJ023254:E0102
kMorohashi	32591:E0102
kPhonetic	56*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+18575+140.3.19
kRSUnicode	140.19
kTaiwanTelegraph	5697
kTotalStrokes	22
kUnihanCore2020	HMT
kXerox	306:170