U+85B8 "薸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+85B8 "薸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that primarily refers to the duckweed plant, specifically a type of floating aquatic plant often found in ponds and still waters. In classical and modern Chinese usage, it can denote the common duckweed species known for its small, green leaves and rapid growth, and it appears in some literary and botanical contexts. The character is composed of the radical for grass (艹) combined with a phonetic component, reflecting its botanical classification. While not among the most frequently used characters in everyday modern Chinese, it holds a place in traditional texts and specialized vocabulary related to aquatic flora.

General Properties

Code Point U+85B8
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 薸
HTML Hex Encoding 薸
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0x96 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0x85B8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000085B8
C/C++/Java Escape \u85b8

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 F0B7
kCCCII 23265A
kCNS1986 2-6323
kCNS1992 2-6323
kCangjie TEMF
kCantonese piu1
kCihaiT 1174.405
kDaeJaweon 1527.320
kDefinition duckweed
kEACC 23265A
kFanqie 符霄
kFourCornerCode 4419.1
kGB3 7531
kGB8 9449
kHanYu 53316.030
kHanyuPinyin 53316.030:piáo
kIRGDaeJaweon 1527.320
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 53316.030
kIRGKangXi 1063.030
kIRG_GSource G3-6B3F
kIRG_HSource HB2-F0B7
kIRG_JSource J1-596A
kIRG_KPSource KP1-7024
kIRG_KSource K2-5A37
kIRG_TSource T2-6323
kJapanese ヒョウ ビョウ
kTGH 2013:7924
kJapaneseKun UKIGUSA
kJapaneseOn HYOU BYOU
kJis1 5774
kKangXi 1063.030
kMainlandTelegraph 9195
kMandarin piáo
kMatthews 5197
kMeyerWempe 2402a
kMojiJoho MJ023002 MJ023002:E0101 MJ023003:E0102
kMorohashi 32203:E0102
kPhonetic 1066A
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+22383+140.3.14
kRSUnicode 140.14
kSBGY 150.02
kSMSZD2003Index 602.17
kSMSZD2003Readings piāo,piáo粵piu1,piu4
kTaiwanTelegraph 9119
kTGHZ2013 283.160:piáo
kTotalStrokes 17
kUnihanCore2020 GHMT
kXerox 313:276
kXHC1983 0874.070:piáo