U+82BA "芺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+82BA "芺" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that, in its most common modern usage, refers to a type of aster or similar flowering plant, specifically known in botanical contexts as the "mountain aster" or "wild aster." This character is composed of the grass radical (艹) on top, indicating its association with plants, and the phonetic component 夭 (yāo) beneath it, which contributes to its pronunciation, typically read as "ǎo" in Mandarin. Historically, it appears in ancient Chinese texts, such as the Erya, as a term for a plant with medicinal or ornamental value, though its use in contemporary language is relatively rare and largely confined to classical literature or specialized botanical references.