U+8485 "蒅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8485 "蒅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character categorized under the radical for grass or plants (艹). It is used in East Asian languages, particularly in Japanese and Chinese, where it can represent a type of dye or a process related to coloring, often associated with the indigo plant or similar botanical materials. While its precise historical usage may vary across scripts, the character generally conveys an abstract meaning tied to dyeing or staining, reflecting its composition that combines a phonetic element with the plant radical. Due to its obscurity, "蒅" is not commonly encountered in modern standard texts but appears in specialized or classical references.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8485
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	蒅
HTML Hex Encoding	蒅
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x92 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8485
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008485
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8485

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

kCangjie	TEND
kCantonese	jim5
kHanYu	53255.071
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53255.071
kIRGKangXi	1047.671
kIRG_GSource	GE-497A
kIRG_JSource	J13-7B2C
kJapanese	すくも
kJIS0213	1,91,12
kJapaneseKun	SUKUMO
kJis1	5673
kKangXi	1047.671
kMandarin	rǎn
kMojiJoho	MJ022430 MJ022430:E0101 MJ022431:E0102 MJ022432:E0103
kMorohashi	31535:E0102
kPhonetic	1569*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+17086+140.3.9
kRSUnicode	140.9
kTotalStrokes	12