# 莖 U+8396 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8396

A Chinese character meaning “stem, stalk”, read jīng in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `莖` |
| Codepoint | U+8396 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8396 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `莖` `莖` |
| CSS | `\8396` |
| JavaScript | `\u8396` |
| UTF-8 | E8 8E 96 |
| UTF-16 | 8396 |
| Definition | stem, stalk |
| Mandarin | jīng |
| Cantonese | hang1 |
| Japanese | KEI KUKI |
| Korean | KYENG |

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Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/8396 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/8396