U+85A6 "薦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+85A6 "薦" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character historically used to mean “to recommend” or “to introduce,” often implying the act of presenting someone or something as worthy or suitable. In its traditional form, it also carries the connotation of “to offer” or “to present,” particularly in the context of sacrificial rites or formal recommendations. This character is composed of the radical for grass (艹) over a phonetic component, reflecting its origins in classical texts and its continued use in modern Chinese and Japanese writing, where it appears in terms like “推薦” (recommendation). Its pronunciation varies by language, such as “jiàn” in Mandarin and “sen” in Japanese, and it remains a part of formal or literary vocabulary rather than everyday speech.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
薦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
薦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE8 0x96 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x85A6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000085A6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u85a6 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
C2CB |
| kCCCII |
395477 |
| kCNS1986 |
1-7535 |
| kCNS1992 |
1-7535 |
| kCangjie |
TIXF |
| kCantonese |
zin3 |
| kCihaiT |
1169.301 |
| kCowles |
4557 |
| kDaeJaweon |
1526.090 |
| kDefinition |
offer, present; recommend |
| kEACC |
395477 |
| kFanqie |
作甸 |
| kFenn |
319E |
| kFennIndex |
62.10 |
| kFourCornerCode |
4422.7 |
| kGB1 |
2886 |
| kGSR |
0477a |
| kHangul |
천:0E |
| kHanYu |
53305.110 |
| kHanyuPinyin |
53305.110:jiàn |
| kHKGlyph |
3441 |
| kIICore |
ATJKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
1526.090 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
53305.110 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1062.020 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G1-3C76 |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-C2CB |
| kIRG_JSource |
J0-4126 |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP0-EDB2 |
| kIRG_KSource |
K0-7440 |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-7535 |
| kIRG_VSource |
V2-8F57 |
| kJapanese |
セン シン すすめる こも しきりに |
| kJoyoKanji |
2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja |
2007 |
| kJapaneseKun |
SUSUMERU KUSAYOMOGI KOMO |
| kJapaneseOn |
SEN SHIN |
| kJis0 |
3306 |
| kKangXi |
1062.020 |
| kKorean |
CHEN |
| kLau |
1485 |
| kMandarin |
jiàn |
| kMatthews |
872 |
| kMeyerWempe |
3363 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ022959 MJ022959:E0101 MJ022960:E0102 |
| kMorohashi |
32143' 32143':E0101 32143:E0102 |
| kNelson |
4067 |
| kPhonetic |
144 189 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+2728+140.3.13 |
| kRSUnicode |
140.13 |
| kSBGY |
408.32 |
| kSemanticVariant |
U+8350<kHKGlyph,kMeyerWempe |
| kSimplifiedVariant |
"荐" U+8350 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
602.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
jiàn粵zin3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
5644 |
| kTang |
*tzèn |
| kTotalStrokes |
16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
HJKMPT |
| kXerox |
261:352 |
| kXHC1983 |
0555.041:jiàn |