U+85A8 "薨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
薨
U+85A8 "薨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that historically denotes the death of a high ranking noble, specifically a feudal lord or prince, in classical East Asian contexts. It carries a formal and respectful connotation, distinguishing it from terms used for the death of commoners or the emperor. In modern usage, while less common in everyday language, it appears in historical texts, literature, and certain ceremonial or legal contexts to preserve the traditional hierarchy of death euphemisms. The character is composed of the grass radical 艹 combined with phonetic components, reflecting its origin in ancient Chinese writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+85A8 |
| 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 | 薨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 薨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x96 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x85A8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000085A8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u85a8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C1A9 |
| kCCCII | 232649 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7533 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7533 |
| kCangjie | TWLP |
| kCantonese | gwang1 |
| kCihaiT | 1171.301 |
| kCowles | 2082 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1526.120 |
| kDefinition | death of prince; swarming |
| kEACC | 232649 |
| kFanqie | 呼肱 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4421.1 |
| kGB0 | 6216 |
| kGB1 | 6216 |
| kGSR | 0902g |
| kHangul | 훙:0N |
| kHanYu | 53302.030 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53302.030:hōng |
| kIICore | AGTJKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1526.120 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53302.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1062.070 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5E30 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C1A9 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-692A |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F4F9 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7D3C |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7533 |
| kJapanese | コウ みまかる |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:6050 |
| kJapaneseKun | MIMAKARU |
| kJapaneseOn | KOU |
| kJis0 | 7310 |
| kKangXi | 1062.070 |
| kKorean | HWUNG HOYNG |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5645 |
| kMandarin | hōng |
| kMatthews | 2393 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022963 MJ022963:E0101 MJ022964:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 32147:E0102 |
| kNelson | 4064 |
| kPhonetic | 934 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6449+140.3.13 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.13 |
| kSBGY | 201.48 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 602.05 602.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | hōng粵gwang1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5645 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 137.110:hōng |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 275:134 |
| kXHC1983 | 0461.060:hōng |