U+8394 "莔" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8394 "莔" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of plant, specifically identified as a kind of bulbous herb or medicinal herb, sometimes equated with "貝母" (fritillary) in classical texts, though it can also mean "a place name" or carry an archaic, now rare usage. In modern contexts, it is most famously recognized in Chinese internet culture as a stylized emoticon resembling a smiling face with "cute" or "dazed" expressions, often used to convey sheepishness, embarrassment, or a playful frown, similar to the kaomoji "orz". This usage, pronounced as "jiǒng" in Mandarin, plays on the character's visual structure of a square surrounding the radical for "mouth" and "grass," giving it a wide-eyed, open-mouthed appearance that lends itself to emotional expression online.