U+85B8 "薸" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
薸
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
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 |