U+85A9 "薩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
薩
U+85A9 "薩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the concept of a "bodhisattva" in Buddhist tradition, referring to an enlightened being who delays their own nirvana to help others achieve liberation. In modern usage, this character appears primarily in religious or philosophical contexts, often as part of compound words like "菩薩" (púsà, meaning bodhisattva). It is composed of the radical for grass (艹) and a phonetic component, reflecting its origin in transliterating Sanskrit terms, and remains widely used in East Asian languages including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+85A9 |
| 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 | 薩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 薩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x96 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x85A9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000085A9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u85a9 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C2C4 |
| kCCCII | 21562A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7730 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7730 |
| kCangjie | TNLM |
| kCantonese | saat3 |
| kCihaiT | 1172.101 |
| kCowles | 3582 |
| kDefinition | transliteration of 'sat' in 'bodhisattva,' etc. |
| kEACC | 21562A |
| kFanqie | 桑割 |
| kFenn | 41G |
| kFennIndex | 427.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4421.4 |
| kGB1 | 4088 |
| kHangul | 살:0N |
| kHanYu | 53309.050 |
| kHanyuPinlu | sà(18) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53309.050:sà |
| kHKGlyph | 3550 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53309.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1062.080 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-4878 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C2C4 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3B27 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E1B4 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5F31 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7730 |
| kJapanese | サツ サチ |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | SUKUU |
| kJapaneseOn | SATSU SACHI |
| kJis0 | 2707 |
| kKangXi | 1062.080 |
| kKorean | SAL |
| kMandarin | sà |
| kMatthews | 5410 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2537 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022966 MJ022965:E0102 MJ022966:E0103 MJ022967:E0104 MJ022968:E0105 |
| kMorohashi | 32189':E0104 |
| kNelson | 4066 |
| kPhonetic | 30 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2165+140.3.14 V+7688+140.3.14 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.14 |
| kSBGY | 484.35 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "萨" U+8428 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 602.14 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | sà粵saat3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5646 |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 247:365 |
| kXHC1983 | 0981.021:sà |