U+83C5 "菅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

菅
Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+83C5 "菅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Han character that traditionally represents a type of grass or sedge, specifically referring to plants like the cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica) or other similar reeds used in thatching and weaving. In Chinese and Japanese contexts, it often appears in surnames and place names, most notably as the surname of the influential Japanese statesman and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's grandfather, Kishi Nobusuke, or in the name of the Japanese temple master Hon'ami Kōetsu's associate. As a part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideograph set, its usage spans various East Asian languages where it retains its botanical meaning while also functioning as a common component in proper nouns.

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General Properties

Code Point
U+83C5
Version Added
1.1
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block
CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category
Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class
Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class
Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
菅
HTML Hex Encoding
菅
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE8 0x8F 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding
0x83C5
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000083C5
C/C++/Java Escape
\u83c5

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check
Yes
NFD Quick Check
Yes
NFKC Quick Check
Yes
NFKD Quick Check
Yes
Numeric Type
None
Numeric Value
NaN
Line Break
Ideographic
East Asian Width
Wide
Script
Han
Script Extensions
Han
Indic Syllabic Category
Other
ID Start
Yes
XID Start
Yes
ID Continue
Yes
XID Continue
Yes
Alphabetic
Yes
Vertical Orientation
Upright
Grapheme Base
Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break
Other
Word Break
Other
Sentence Break
OLetter
Ideographic
Yes
Unified Ideograph
Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive
B5D5
kCCCII
215539
kCNS1986
1-615B
kCNS1992
1-615B
kCangjie
TJRR
kCantonese
gaan1
kCihaiT
1142.402
kDaeJaweon
1495.120
kDefinition
coarse grass, Themedia forskalii
kEACC
215539
kFanqie
古顔
kFourCornerCode
4477.7
kGB0
6149
kGB1
6149
kGSR
0157n
kHangul
관:0N
kHanYu
53240.100
kHanyuPinyin
53240.100:jiān,guān
kHKGlyph
3474
kIICore
AGTJHKP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53240.100
kIRG_GSource
G0-5D51
kIRG_HSource
HB1-B5D5
kIRG_JSource
J0-3F7B
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-D3FE
kIRG_KSource
K0-4E39
kIRG_TSource
T1-615B
kJapanese
カン ケン すげ かや
kJinmeiyoKanji
2010
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:4765
kJapaneseKun
SUGE
kJapaneseOn
KAN KEN
kJis0
3191
kKangXi
1036.510
kKorean
KWAN
kMainlandTelegraph
5465
kMandarin
jiān
kMatthews
816
kMeyerWempe
968a
kMojiJoho
MJ022070 MJ022070:E0101 MJ022071:E0102
kMorohashi
31142:E0102
kNelson
3975
kPhonetic
760
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+2625+140.3.8
kRSUnicode
140.8
kSBGY
128.36
kSMSZD2003Index
585.05
kSMSZD2003Readings
jiān粵gaan1
kTaiwanTelegraph
5465
kTGHZ2013
163.080:jiān
kTotalStrokes
11
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kXerox
270:316
kXHC1983
0546.020:jiān