U+83D6 "菖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+83D6 "菖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character classified under the radical for grass or plants, and it is commonly used in East Asian languages including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Its primary meaning is "iris" or "sweet flag," referring to the perennial wetland plant Acorus calamus, which has aromatic leaves and is traditionally used in herbal medicine and cultural festivals, such as the Dragon Boat Festival in China and Tango no Sekku in Japan. The character is composed of components that evoke vegetation and a phonetic element, and it appears in classical texts and modern names, reflecting its enduring role in botanical and symbolic contexts.
General Properties
Code Point
U+83D6
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
菖
HTML Hex Encoding
菖
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE8 0x8F 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding
0x83D6
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000083D6
C/C++/Java Escape
\u83d6
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
DB75
kCCCII
227E7D
kCNS1986
2-3F5A
kCNS1992
2-3F5A
kCangjie
TAA
kCantonese
coeng1
kCihaiT
1143.104
kCowles
504
kDaeJaweon
1496.100
kDefinition
iris, sweet flag, calamus
kEACC
227E7D
kFanqie
尺良
kFenn
803K
kFennIndex
17.01
kFourCornerCode
4460.6
kGB0
6137
kGB1
6137
kGSR
0724f
kHangul
창:0N
kHanYu
53233.120
kHanyuPinyin
53233.120:chāng
kIICore
AGTJKP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53233.120
kIRG_GSource
G0-5D45
kIRG_HSource
HB2-DB75
kIRG_JSource
J0-3E54
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-ECF1
kIRG_KSource
K0-736E
kIRG_TSource
T2-3F5A
kJapanese
ショウ
kJinmeiyoKanji
2010
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:4753
kJapaneseKun
SHOUBU
kJapaneseOn
SHOU
kJis0
3052
kKangXi
1038.030
kKorean
CHANG
kMainlandTelegraph
5471
kMandarin
chāng
kMatthews
211
kMeyerWempe
220a
kMojiJoho
MJ022100 MJ022100:E0101 MJ022101:E0102
kMorohashi
31174:E0102
kNelson
3969
kPhonetic
119
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+2492+140.3.8
kRSUnicode
140.8
kSBGY
173.35
kSMSZD2003Index
585.10
kSMSZD2003Readings
chāng粵coeng1
kTaiwanTelegraph
5471
kTGHZ2013
038.060:chāng
kTotalStrokes
11
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kXerox
272:322
kXHC1983
0120.070:chāng