U+8326 "茦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8326 "茦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Hanzi) that primarily functions as a variant or obsolete form of the character "策" (cè), which means "plan," "policy," "strategy," or "bamboo slip" (used for writing in ancient China). Its structure combines the grass radical "艹" (indicating a plant or bamboo related meaning) on top with the phonetic component "朿" beneath. Historically, "茦" appears in classical texts as an alternate writing for "策," though in modern standard Chinese usage it is extremely rare, having been largely replaced by its more common counterpart. The character is encoded in the CJK Unified Ideographs block of Unicode, representing a part of the rich historical graphological variations found in traditional Chinese script.