U+853B "蔻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+853B "蔻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to the "cardamom" plant, specifically a type of aromatic herb used in traditional medicine and cooking, such as Amomum cardamomum. It is most famously known as part of the compound word "豆蔻" (dòukòu), which denotes the round cardamom or, in classical Chinese poetry, is used as a metaphor for a young girl or a budding adolescence, often evoking connotations of delicate beauty and freshness. This character is listed in the CJK Unified Ideographs block of Unicode, representing a standard Chinese logograph utilized in modern Mandarin writing.
General Properties
Code Point
U+853B
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
蔻
HTML Hex Encoding
蔻
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE8 0x94 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding
0x853B
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000853B
C/C++/Java Escape
\u853b
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
E74D
kCCCII
23245C
kCNS1986
2-5336
kCNS1992
2-5336
kCangjie
TJME
kCantonese
kau3
kCihaiT
1165.405
kDefinition
肉豆蔻 nutmeg, 豆蔻 cardamon
kEACC
23245C
kFanqie
呼漏
kFourCornerCode
4421.4
kGB0
6202
kGB1
6202
kHanYu
53284.152
kIICore
BGTM
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53284.151
kIRG_GSource
G0-5E22
kIRG_HSource
HB2-E74D
kIRG_JSource
JMJ-058504
kIRG_TSource
T2-5336
kJapanese
ク
kTGH
2013:5655
kKangXi
1056.121
kMainlandTelegraph
5575
kMandarin
kòu
kMojiJoho
MJ058504
kPhonetic
590
kRSUnicode
140.11
kSBGY
440.06
kSMSZD2003Index
596.05
kSMSZD2003Readings
kòu粵kau3
kTaiwanTelegraph
5575
kTang
xòu
kTGHZ2013
199.050:kòu
kTotalStrokes
14
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kXerox
272:324
kXHC1983
0652.020:kòu