U+8501 "蔁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8501 "蔁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (kanji/hanzi) that typically refers to a type of mushroom or fungus, specifically one associated with a kind of toadstool or medicinal herb, though its usage is rare in modern standard Chinese. It is composed of the radical 艹 (grass or plant) on top, indicating its botanical nature, and the phonetic component 章 (zhāng) below. Historically, it appears in classical texts, often denoting a poisonous or wild fungus. In Unicode, it is part the CJK Unified Ideographs block, representing a character used primarily in traditional Chinese and Japanese writing systems.