Unicode Character "薑" (U+8591)

The character 薑 (CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8591) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+8591. It is encoded in the CJK Unified Ideographs block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as 薑.

Main Unicode Properties

Name CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8591
Unicode Codepoint U+8591
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block CJK Unified Ideographs
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Left To Right (L)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Letter
Script Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja)
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+8591 Conversion

HTML (decimal) 薑
HTML (hex) 薑
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E8%96%91
CSS \8591
JavaScript \u{8591}
JSON \u8591
C, C++ \U00008591
Java \u8591
Python \U00008591
Rust \u{8591}
Ruby \u{8591}

How to type "薑"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 8 5 9 1. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 8 5 9 1. Release Alt.

Preview

  • 薑
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • 薑
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • 薑
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE8 0x96 0x91
UTF-16 (hex) 0x8591
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00008591

References