U+8308 "茈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+8308 "茈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a noun referring to the edible taro plant, specifically Colocasia esculenta, or less commonly the gromwell plant (Lithospermum erythrorhizon), which yields a purple dye. In classical and modern Chinese texts, it can also denote a type of moss or seaweed, and it appears in compound words like 紫茈 (purple taro) or personal names, though its usage is relatively specialized and less frequent in everyday language.
General Properties
Code Point
U+8308
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
茈
HTML Hex Encoding
茈
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE8 0x8C 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding
0x8308
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00008308
C/C++/Java Escape
\u8308
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
D3A5
kCCCII
227D45
kCNS1986
2-3247
kCNS1992
2-3247
kCangjie
TYMP
kCantonese
ci4
kCihaiT
1134.301
kDaeJaweon
1486.030
kDefinition
comfrey; a plant yielding a purple dye
kEACC
2D4450
kFanqie
疾移 士佳 將此
kFourCornerCode
4411.1
kGB0
6075
kGB1
6075
kHangul
자:1N
kHanYu
53202.130
kHanyuPinyin
53202.130:zǐ,cí,cǐ,chái
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53202.130
kIRG_GSource
G0-5C6B
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D3A5
kIRG_JSource
J14-7629
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6D6A
kIRG_KSource
K1-6A7B
kIRG_TSource
T2-3247
kJapanese
サイ シ ジ ジャ ゼ ぜんまい むらさき
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:6787
kJIS0213
2,86,09
kJapaneseKun
MURASAKI
kJapaneseOn
SHI JI SAI JU
kJis1
5564
kKangXi
1026.080
kKorean
CA
kMainlandTelegraph
5402
kMandarin
cí
kMatthews
6978
kMojiJoho
MJ021752 MJ021752:E0101 MJ021751:E0102
kMorohashi
30840:E0102
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+18483+140.3.6
kRSUnicode
140.5
kSBGY
046.32 093.33 246.06
kSMSZD2003Index
578.01
kSMSZD2003Readings
cí粵ci4 zǐ粵zi2
kTaiwanTelegraph
5402
kTGHZ2013
055.030:cí 492.040:zǐ
kTotalStrokes
9
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kXerox
313:243
kXHC1983
0174.020:cí 1530.180:zǐ