U+8836 "蠶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+8836 "蠶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character used primarily in East Asian languages, such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it denotes the concept of a silkworm. This ideograph is constructed with the radical for insect or worm, reflecting its biological association, and appears in classical texts as well as modern contexts related to sericulture, the practice of raising silkworms for silk production. Its intricate strokes and historical usage underscore its role in representing one of the earliest domesticated insects vital to the development of the silk trade in ancient China.
General Properties
Code Point
U+8836
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
蠶
HTML Hex Encoding
蠶
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE8 0xA0 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding
0x8836
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00008836
C/C++/Java Escape
\u8836
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kAlternateTotalStrokes
26:J
kBigFive
C5FA
kCCCII
215741
kCNS1986
1-7C66
kCNS1992
1-7C66
kCangjie
MUALI
kCantonese
caam4
kCihaiT
1201.602
kCowles
4686
kDaeJaweon
1566.340
kDefinition
silkworm
kEACC
215741
kFanqie
昨含
kFenn
801E
kFennIndex
543.03
kFourCornerCode
1113.6
kGB1
1847
kGSR
0660i
kHangul
잠:0N
kHanYu
42908.110
kHanyuPinlu
cán(62)
kHanyuPinyin
42908.110:cán
kHKGlyph
3665
kIICore
ATHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42908.110
kIRG_GSource
G1-324F
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C5FA
kIRG_JSource
J0-6A44
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E6DB
kIRG_KSource
K0-6D59
kIRG_TSource
T1-7C66
kIRG_VSource
V1-663F
kJapanese
サン ザン かいこ
kKoreanName
2015
kJapaneseKun
KAIKO
kJapaneseOn
SAN TEN
kJis0
7436
kKangXi
1103.330
kKorean
CAM
kLau
178
kMandarin
cán
kMatthews
6698
kMeyerWempe
3231
kMojiJoho
MJ023834 MJ023834:E0103 MJ023833:E0104 MJ023835:E0105
kMorohashi
33890:E0104
kNelson
2096
kPhonetic
25
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6569+142.6.20 V+13593+142.6.20 V+14215+142.6.18
kRSUnicode
142.18
kSBGY
222.35
kSemanticVariant
U+8695<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe
kSimplifiedVariant
kSMSZD2003Index
624.03 287.09
kSMSZD2003Readings
cán粵caam4
kTaiwanTelegraph
5874
kTang
*dzhom
kTotalStrokes
24
kUnihanCore2020
HJKMPT
kVietnamese
tằm tàm
kXerox
247:121
kXHC1983
0103.031:cán
kJapaneseNewVariant
U+8695