U+85C7 "藇" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
藇
U+85C7 "藇" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that has multiple readings and meanings, primarily associated with plants and wine. In modern usage, it is often pronounced *xù* and refers to the common cattail or reed, also known as "sweet flag" in some contexts, or it can denote a type of fine, sweet wine mentioned in classical Chinese texts. Alternatively, when pronounced *yú*, it can mean "excellent" or "abundant," especially in relation to the quality of wine. This character is relatively rare in everyday writing, appearing more frequently in historical literature, botanical references, or as a component in poetic descriptions of nature and traditional Chinese brewing culture.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+85C7 |
| 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 | 藇 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 藇 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x97 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x85C7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000085C7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u85c7 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | F0AC |
| kCCCII | 232725 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-6276 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-6276 |
| kCangjie | THXC |
| kCantonese | zeoi6 |
| kCihaiT | 1174.506 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1528.210 |
| kDefinition | fine |
| kFanqie | 以諸 相居 余吕 徐吕 羊洳 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4480.1 |
| kGB3 | 7218 |
| kGSR | 0089n |
| kHangul | 서:N |
| kHanYu | 53302.130 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53302.130:xù,yǔ,yú,yù,xū |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1528.210 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53302.130 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1063.340 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-6832 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-F0AC |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-7725 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-7013 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5A42 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-6276 |
| kJapanese | ショ ヨ ジョ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,87,05 |
| kJapaneseKun | UTSUKUSHII |
| kJapaneseOn | SHO JO YO |
| kJis1 | 5780 |
| kKangXi | 1063.340 |
| kMandarin | xù |
| kMeyerWempe | 3480a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023028 MJ023028:E0101 MJ023029:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 32234:E0102 |
| kPhonetic | 1616 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+18557+140.3.13 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.14 |
| kSBGY | 067.42 068.30 257.01 259.22 363.24 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+288E6<kMeyerWempe |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "𰰠" U+30C20 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5658 |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kXerox | 313:275 |