U+835C "荜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+835C "荜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to certain types of climbing plants or vines, notably the genus Piper, such as the long pepper. In classical and modern Chinese usage, it often appears in compound terms, like "荜茇" (bìbá), the name for the long pepper spice, and is also used to describe a wicker or bamboo fence, as in "荜门" (bìmén), meaning a humble or rustic dwelling, a common metaphor for a simple home. The character is composed of the grass radical (艹) over the phonetic component "毕" (bì), reflecting its botanical association and its place within the broader system of CJK ideographs.