U+7B85 "箅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

箅

U+7B85 "箅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in traditional and simplified writing systems, typically pronounced "bì" in Mandarin. It primarily refers to a type of bamboo sieve or a grate, specifically a utensil used for straining liquids or steaming food, often made of bamboo strips or metal. In classical texts and modern contexts, it can denote a mesh or grid-like object employed in cooking or filtration processes. The character combines the radical for bamboo (⺮) with a phonetic component, reflecting its material and functional origins within East Asian culinary and household traditions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+7B85
Version Added	1.1
Name	CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block	CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	箅
HTML Hex Encoding	箅
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0xAE 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding	0x7B85
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00007B85
C/C++/Java Escape	\u7b85

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive	E358
kCCCII	226C41
kCNS1986	2-4C5F
kCNS1992	2-4C5F
kCangjie	HWML
kCantonese	bai3
kCihaiT	1015.101
kDaeJaweon	1314.270
kDefinition	grate; grid; grating
kEACC	226C41
kFanqie	博計
kFourCornerCode	8822.1
kGB0	8375
kGB1	8375
kHanYu	52982.040
kHanyuPinyin	52982.040:bì
kIRGDaeJaweon	1314.270
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	52982.040
kIRGKangXi	0886.320
kIRG_GSource	G0-736B
kIRG_HSource	HB2-E358
kIRG_JSource	JMJ-019507
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-6470
kIRG_KSource	K2-502F
kIRG_TSource	T2-4C5F
kJapanese	ヘイヒ
kTGH	2013:5748
kKangXi	0886.320
kMandarin	bì
kMojiJoho	MJ019507
kMorohashi	26112
kRSUnicode	118.8
kSBGY	373.43
kSMSZD2003Index	503.03
kSMSZD2003Readings	bì粵bai3
kTGHZ2013	020.010:bì
kTotalStrokes	14
kUnihanCore2020	GHMT
kXerox	320:340
kXHC1983	0060.220:bì