U+85B0 "薰" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
薰
U+85B0 "薰" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character traditionally meaning "to fumigate" or "to scent," often associated with the fragrant herb known as sweet flag or lavender. It conveys the idea of a pleasant, permeating aroma, and in classical contexts, it can also refer to a type of incense or the act of smoking plants to release their fragrance. This character appears in various East Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, and is commonly used in poetic or literary descriptions of nature, perfumes, or traditional medicinal practices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+85B0 |
| 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 | 薰 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 薰 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x96 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x85B0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000085B0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u85b0 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C2C8 |
| kCCCII | 21562F |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7734 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7734 |
| kCangjie | THGF |
| kCantonese | fan1 |
| kCihaiT | 1171.506 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1527.230 |
| kDefinition | a medicinal herb; to cauterize |
| kEACC | 21562F |
| kFanqie | 許云 許運 |
| kFenn | 28H |
| kFennIndex | 195.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4433.1 |
| kGB0 | 6225 |
| kGB1 | 6225 |
| kGSR | 0461e |
| kHangul | 훈:0N |
| kHanYu | 53313.140 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53313.140:xūn |
| kHKGlyph | 3553 |
| kIBMJapan | FB9E |
| kIICore | AGTHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1527.230 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53313.140 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1062.460 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5E39 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C2C8 |
| kIRG_JSource | J3-7B40 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F4F7 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7D39 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7734 |
| kJapanese | クン かおる |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010:U+85AB |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:6209 |
| kJIS0213 | 1,91,32 |
| kJapaneseKun | KAORU KAORIGUSA KAORI |
| kJapaneseOn | KUN |
| kKangXi | 1062.460 |
| kKarlgren | 174 |
| kKorean | HWUN |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5651 |
| kMandarin | xūn |
| kMatthews | 2912 |
| kMeyerWempe | 482n |
| kMojiJoho | MJ022986 MJ022986:E0101 MJ022987:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 32192:E0102 |
| kNelson | 4077 |
| kPhonetic | 350 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+8611+140.3.14 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.14 |
| kSBGY | 111.25 396.19 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 602.15 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xūn粵fan1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5651 |
| kTang | *xiuən |
| kTGHZ2013 | 417.030:xūn |
| kTotalStrokes | 17 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 260:133 |
| kXHC1983 | 1313.050:xūn |