U+8517 "蔗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+8517 "蔗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "sugarcane," referring to the tall perennial grass species Saccharum officinarum cultivated for its sweet juice, from which sugar is extracted. In ancient and modern Chinese texts, it appears in compound words such as "甘蔗" (gānzhè, sugarcane) and can also be used in the term "蔗糖" (zhètáng, cane sugar), highlighting its close association with sugar production. Additionally, in Chinese medicine and culinary contexts, sugarcane is valued for its refreshing juice and cooling properties. The character is composed of the grass radical (艹) on top, indicating its botanical nature, and the phonetic component "遮" (zhē) below, which hints at its pronunciation.
General Properties
Code Point
U+8517
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
蔗
HTML Hex Encoding
蔗
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE8 0x94 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding
0x8517
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00008517
C/C++/Java Escape
\u8517
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
BDA9
kCCCII
21556A
kCNS1986
1-6E52
kCNS1992
1-6E52
kCangjie
TITF
kCantonese
ze3
kCihaiT
1165.506
kCowles
171
kDaeJaweon
1517.030
kDefinition
sugar cane
kEACC
21556A
kFanqie
之夜
kFenn
201G
kFennIndex
21.13
kFourCornerCode
4423.1
kGB0
5365
kGB1
5365
kGradeLevel
2
kHangul
자:0N
kHanYu
53283.030
kHanyuPinlu
zhe(10)
kHanyuPinyin
53283.030:zhè
kHKGlyph
3522
kIICore
AGTHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53283.030
kIRG_GSource
G0-5561
kIRG_HSource
HB1-BDA9
kIRG_JSource
J0-6874
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E6BE
kIRG_KSource
K0-6D3D
kIRG_TSource
T1-6E52
kIRG_VSource
V1-6550
kJapanese
シャ ショ さとうきび
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:3072
kJapaneseKun
SATOUKIBI
kJapaneseOn
SHO SHA
kJis0
7284
kKangXi
1054.160
kKorean
CA
kLau
1369
kMainlandTelegraph
5587
kMandarin
zhè
kMatthews
261
kMeyerWempe
190
kMojiJoho
MJ022682 MJ022682:E0102 MJ022684:E0103 MJ022683:E0104
kMorohashi
31794:E0104
kNelson
4034
kPhonetic
1238
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6429+140.3.11 V+7860+140.3.11
kRSUnicode
140.11
kSBGY
423.11
kSemanticVariant
U+27039<kFennIndex:T
kSMSZD2003Index
596.13
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhè粵ze3
kTaiwanTelegraph
5587
kTang
jià
kTGHZ2013
470.130:zhè
kTotalStrokes
14
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kVietnamese
giá
kXerox
253:136
kXHC1983
1465.010:zhè