U+8FAB "辫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8FAB "辫" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that means a braid or plait of hair, and it is commonly used in compound words such as 辫子 (biàn zi) for a braid or pigtail. This character belongs to the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) Unified Ideographs block, which standardizes over 20,000 characters from East Asian languages. Its phonetic component suggests a pronunciation related to "bian" in Mandarin, while its semantic radical 纟 (silk thread) indicates a connection to weaving or binding, reflecting the intertwined nature of a braid. As a traditional character, it is frequently used in modern Chinese writing, particularly in contexts describing hairstyles, ropes, or anything twisted together.