U+856D "蕭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+856D "蕭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily refers to the artemisia plant, a type of aromatic mugwort, and is also a common surname in Chinese-speaking communities. In historical texts, it carries connotations of desolation or bleakness, as seen in compound words like "蕭條" (xiaotiao), meaning depression or economic downturn, and it appears in classical poetry to evoke a sense of autumnal loneliness. The character is composed of the grass radical (艹) and a phonetic component, reflecting its botanical origins while being used in personal names, place names, and literary contexts across East Asian languages.
General Properties
Code Point
U+856D
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
蕭
HTML Hex Encoding
蕭
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE8 0x95 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding
0x856D
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000856D
C/C++/Java Escape
\u856d
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
BFBD
kCCCII
215622
kCNS1986
1-7227
kCNS1992
1-7227
kCangjie
TLX
kCantonese
siu1
kCihaiT
1166.201
kCowles
3672
kDaeJaweon
1522.150
kDefinition
common artemisia; sighing of wind; mournful; dejected
kEACC
215622
kFanqie
蘇彫
kFenn
164aI
kFennIndex
171.02
kFourCornerCode
4422.7
kGB1
4784
kGSR
1028i
kHangul
소:0N
kHanYu
53308.120
kHanyuPinyin
53308.120:xiāo
kHKGlyph
3543
kIICore
ATJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53308.120
kIRG_GSource
G1-4F74
kIRG_HSource
HB1-BFBD
kIRG_JSource
J0-692B
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E3B8
kIRG_KSource
K0-614B
kIRG_TSource
T1-7227
kIRG_VSource
V2-8F51
kJapanese
ショウ よもぎ
kKoreanName
2015
kJapaneseKun
YOMOGI
kJapaneseOn
SHOU
kJis0
7311
kKangXi
1059.100
kKorean
SO
kLau
2854
kMandarin
xiāo
kMatthews
2620
kMeyerWempe
2827
kMojiJoho
MJ022847 MJ022847:E0101 MJ022848:E0102
kMorohashi
32012:E0102
kNelson
4068
kPhonetic
1219 1261
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6450+140.3.13
kRSUnicode
140.12
kSBGY
143.44
kSimplifiedVariant
kSMSZD2003Index
602.07 602.10
kSMSZD2003Readings
xiāo粵siu1
kTaiwanTelegraph
5618
kTang
*seu
kTotalStrokes
16
kUnihanCore2020
HJKMPT
kXerox
256:055
kXHC1983
1265.031:xiāo