U+85AE "薮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
薮
U+85AE "薮" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a noun meaning "marsh" or "swamp," as well as referring to a "gathering place" or "source" for something, such as a "den" or "haunt" of animals. It is composed of the radical "艹" (grass) on top, indicating its connection to plant life and natural environments, and the phonetic component "数" (number or count), though its pronunciation in modern Mandarin is sǒu. This character appears in classical Chinese literature and retains niche usage in modern contexts, often appearing in geographic names or poetic descriptions of overgrown, wild wetlands.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+85AE |
| 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 | 薮 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 薮 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x96 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x85AE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000085AE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u85ae |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 275632 |
| kCangjie | TFVK |
| kCantonese | sau2 |
| kDefinition | marsh, swamp; wild country |
| kEACC | 275632 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4444.8 |
| kGB0 | 6220 |
| kHanYu | 53306.070 |
| kIICore | AGJ |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53306.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1062.441 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5E34 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4C79 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5A2F |
| kJapanese | ソウ やぶ |
| kTGH | 2013:6053 |
| kJapaneseKun | YABU |
| kJapaneseOn | SOU SU |
| kJis0 | 4489 |
| kKangXi | 1062.441 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5674 |
| kMandarin | sǒu |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022981 |
| kMorohashi | H532 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3845+140.3.13 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.13 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 602.13 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 349.130:sǒu |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "藪" U+85EA CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GJ |
| kXHC1983 | 1094.020:sǒu |