U+85B7 "薷" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+85B7 "薷" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Hanzi) that falls within the CJK Unified Ideographs block, traditionally used in written Chinese and other East Asian scripts. It is pronounced "rú" in Mandarin and commonly refers to a type of aromatic herb or plant, often associated with the mint family or the specific plant *Agastache rugosa*, known in English as Korean mint or purple giant hyssop. In classical Chinese texts and herbal medicine, this character appears in the context of botanical nomenclature and traditional remedies, reflecting its role as part of the rich lexical heritage of plant names in the Chinese language.

General Properties

Code Point	U+85B7
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	薷
HTML Hex Encoding	薷
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x96 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding	0x85B7
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000085B7
C/C++/Java Escape	\u85b7

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive	F0B8
kCCCII	23266B
kCNS1986	2-6324
kCNS1992	2-6324
kCangjie	TMBB
kCantonese	jyu4
kCihaiT	1174.404
kDaeJaweon	1527.310
kDefinition	Elshotria paltrini
kEACC	23266B
kFanqie	人朱
kFourCornerCode	4422.7
kGB0	6224
kGB1	6224
kHanYu	53312.020
kHanyuPinyin	53312.020:rú
kIRGDaeJaweon	1527.310
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53312.020
kIRGKangXi	1063.020
kIRG_GSource	G0-5E38
kIRG_HSource	HB2-F0B8
kIRG_JSource	J14-7723
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-7028
kIRG_KSource	K2-5A36
kIRG_TSource	T2-6324
kIRG_VSource	V1-655E
kJapanese	ジュ ニュ ジュウ
kTGH	2013:6208
kJIS0213	2,87,03
kJapaneseKun	KIKURAGE
kJapaneseOn	JU NYU JUU
kJis1	5773
kKangXi	1063.020
kMandarin	rú
kMojiJoho	MJ023000 MJ023000:E0101 MJ023001:E0102
kMorohashi	32202:E0102
kPhonetic	1250
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+15074+140.3.14
kRSUnicode	140.14
kSMSZD2003Index	602.16
kSMSZD2003Readings	rú粵jyu4
kTGHZ2013	316.150:rú
kTotalStrokes	17
kUnihanCore2020	GHMT
kVietnamese	nho
kXerox	321:113
kXHC1983	0971.030:rú