U+85A0 "薠" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

薠

U+85A0 "薠" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that traditionally refers to a type of plant or grass, specifically identified in classical texts as a fragrant herb or a kind of water plant, often associated with the sweet flag or similar aquatic vegetation. Its usage appears primarily in historical or literary contexts, such as in ancient Chinese poetry and botanical records, where it conveys a sense of natural beauty or aromatic qualities. In modern standard Chinese, this character is rare and largely obsolete, surviving mainly in specialized dictionaries or works on classical literature.

General Properties

Code Point	U+85A0
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	薠
HTML Hex Encoding	薠
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x96 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding	0x85A0
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000085A0
C/C++/Java Escape	\u85a0

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	EDF8
kCCCII	232631
kCNS1986	2-5E65
kCNS1992	2-5E65
kCangjie	TFMC
kCantonese	faan4
kCihaiT	1171.202
kDaeJaweon	1525.260
kFanqie	附袁
kFourCornerCode	4488.6
kGB3	7439
kHanYu	53306.080
kHanyuPinyin	53306.080:fán
kIRGDaeJaweon	1525.260
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53306.080
kIRGKangXi	1061.310
kIRG_GSource	G3-6A47
kIRG_HSource	HB2-EDF8
kIRG_JSource	J1-5963
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-6FCC
kIRG_KSource	K2-5A28
kIRG_TSource	T2-5E65
kJapanese	ハンボン
kJapaneseKun	HAMASUGE
kJapaneseOn	HAN BON
kJis1	5767
kKangXi	1061.310
kMandarin	fán
kMojiJoho	MJ022949 MJ022949:E0101 MJ022950:E0102
kMorohashi	32132:E0102
kPhonetic	344*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+22378+140.3.13
kRSUnicode	140.13
kSBGY	114.12
kSimplifiedVariant	"𮐚" U+2E41A CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kTotalStrokes	16
kUnihanCore2020	HMT