U+82CB "苋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+82CB "苋" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents a type of edible amaranth plant, specifically the species Amaranthus mangostanus or Amaranthus tricolor, commonly known as Chinese spinach or edible amaranth in English. In modern Chinese, it is primarily used in the word "苋菜" (xiàn cài), referring to a leafy green vegetable with red or green leaves that is widely cultivated in East Asia for its nutritious, tender stems and leaves, often stir fried or used in soups. The character's structure combines the "艹" grass radical on top with a phonetic component below, reflecting its botanical meaning. This logogram is part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block, encoding a Han character that has consistent semantic usage across these languages.