U+859C "薜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
薜
U+859C "薜" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that primarily refers to a type of climbing plant, specifically the ivy or creeping fig, known in botany as Ficus pumila, and it also denotes an ancient state or place name in Chinese history. In traditional Chinese, its radicals combine the grass radical (艹) with a phonetic component, and it appears in classical texts such as the "Erya" dictionary. The character is used in modern contexts to describe certain vines and in personal names, reflecting its enduring role in the written Chinese lexicon.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+859C |
| 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 | 薜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 薜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x96 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x859C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000859C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u859c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C1A3 |
| kCCCII | 215627 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-752D |
| kCNS1992 | 1-752D |
| kCangjie | TSRJ |
| kCantonese | bai6 |
| kCihaiT | 1171.104 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1525.190 |
| kDefinition | evergreen shrubs, genus Ligusticum |
| kEACC | 215627 |
| kFanqie | 蒲計 博厄 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4464.1 |
| kGB0 | 6221 |
| kGB1 | 6221 |
| kGSR | 0853x |
| kHanYu | 53308.140 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53308.140:bì,bò,bó,bài,pì |
| kHKGlyph | 3548 |
| kIICore | AGTH |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1525.190 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53308.140 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1061.240 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5E35 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C1A3 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6930 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-6FE2 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5A26 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-752D |
| kJapanese | ヘイ ヘキ ヒャク ベイ ハク バク ハイ ベ |
| kTGH | 2013:6054 |
| kJapaneseKun | TOUKI YAMAASA KATAYORU |
| kJapaneseOn | HEKI HEI HAKU |
| kJis0 | 7316 |
| kKangXi | 1061.240 |
| kKorean | PYEK PHYEY |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5643 |
| kMandarin | bì |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022942 MJ022942:E0101 MJ022943:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 32125:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 1040 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6455+140.3.13 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.13 |
| kSBGY | 374.19 513.50 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 601.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | bì粵bai6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5643 |
| kTang | bhèi |
| kTGHZ2013 | 020.030:bì |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJMT |
| kXerox | 306:160 |
| kXHC1983 | 0062.030:bì |