U+859B "薛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
薛
U+859B "薛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, where it primarily serves as a surname. Historically, it originates from the name of an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty and also refers to a type of plant known as rue or wormwood in classical texts. In modern usage, the character is most commonly encountered as a family name among Chinese speakers, and it is also found in compound words related to certain plants or place names.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+859B |
| 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 | 薛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 薛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x96 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x859B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000859B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u859b |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C1A7 |
| kCCCII | 215623 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7531 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7531 |
| kCangjie | THRJ |
| kCantonese | sit3 |
| kCihaiT | 1170.401 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1525.170 |
| kDefinition | kind of marsh grass; feudal state |
| kEACC | 215623 |
| kFanqie | 私列 |
| kFenn | 157G |
| kFennIndex | 194.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4474.1 |
| kGB0 | 4906 |
| kGB1 | 4906 |
| kGSR | 0289e |
| kHangul | 설:0N |
| kHanYu | 53303.080 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53303.080:xuē |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1525.170 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53303.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1061.220 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5126 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C1A7 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-692D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E2D7 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6060 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7531 |
| kJapanese | セツ セチ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3322 |
| kJapaneseKun | KAWARAYOMOGI HAMASUGE |
| kJapaneseOn | SETSU SECHI |
| kJis0 | 7313 |
| kKangXi | 1061.220 |
| kKorean | SEL |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5641 |
| kMandarin | xuē |
| kMatthews | 2653 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022940 MJ022940:E0101 MJ022941:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 32123:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 1215 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6452+140.3.13 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.13 |
| kSBGY | 496.25 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 601.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xuē粵sit3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5641 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 416.050:xuē |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 257:043 |
| kXHC1983 | 1308.090:xuē |