U+82F7 "苷" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+82F7 "苷" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that falls under the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block, representing a specific logogram used primarily in Classical and modern Chinese writing. It is pronounced "gān" in Mandarin and carries the meaning of "licorice" or "sweet herb," and is often encountered in botanical or pharmaceutical contexts, particularly as a component in traditional Chinese medicine where it refers to the Glycyrrhiza plant. The character is composed of the radical "艹" (grass or plant) on top, indicating its relation to herbs, combined with the phonetic component "甘" (meaning sweet), which together visually and phonetically construct the ideograph for the licorice root, a substance noted for its sweet flavor and medicinal properties.