U+85CF "藏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+85CF "藏" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that carries rich meanings, primarily denoting "to hide," "to store," or "to conceal," and is also used to refer to Tibet or its culture, as in "Xizang" (the Chinese name for Tibet). In classical and modern contexts, it appears in words related to treasuring or preserving something, such as "收藏" (collecting) or "隐藏" (hiding). The character is composed of components suggesting a covering or enclosure, with a phonetic element hinting at its pronunciation "cáng" or "zàng" depending on usage. Beyond linguistic function, it holds cultural significance in Buddhist texts where it denotes canonical scriptures, and in historical references to the Tibetan region, making it a multifaceted character in Chinese writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+85CF
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 藏
HTML Hex Encoding 藏
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0x97 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0x85CF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000085CF
C/C++/Java Escape \u85cf

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 C2C3
kCCCII 21562B
kCNS1986 1-772F
kCNS1992 1-772F
kCangjie TIMS
kCantonese cong4
kCihaiT 1173.501
kCowles 4620 4812
kDaeJaweon 1529.070
kDefinition hide, conceal; hoard, store up
kEACC 21562B
kFanqie 昨郎 徂浪
kFenn 644C
kFennIndex 544.04 544.12 545.01
kFourCornerCode 4425.3
kGB0 1856
kGB1 1856
kGradeLevel 3
kGSR 0727g'
kHangul 장:0E
kHanYu 53311.110
kHanyuPinlu cáng(156)
kHanyuPinyin 53311.110:cáng,zàng,zāng
kHKGlyph 3555
kIICore AGTJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon 1529.070
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 53311.110
kIRGKangXi 1064.220
kIRG_GSource G0-3258
kIRG_HSource HB1-C2C3
kIRG_JSource J0-6936
kIRG_KPSource KP0-E6FB
kIRG_KSource K0-6D7A
kIRG_TSource T1-772F
kIRG_VSource V2-8F58
kJapanese ゾウ ソウ くら
kJinmeiyoKanji 2010:U+8535
kKoreanEducationHanja 2007
kTGH 2013:3392
kJapaneseKun KURA KAKURERU OSAMERU
kJapaneseOn ZOU SOU
kJis0 7322
kKangXi 1064.220
kKarlgren 1035
kKorean CANG
kLau 375 1563
kMainlandTelegraph 5661
kMandarin cáng
kMatthews 6718
kMeyerWempe 3460
kMojiJoho MJ023044 MJ023044:E0102 MJ023046:E0103 MJ023047:E0104 MJ023045:E0105
kMorohashi 32264:E0103
kNelson 4078
kPhonetic 251 258
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+6461+140.3.15 V+20209+140.3.14
kRSUnicode 140.14
kSBGY 183.36 427.32
kSMSZD2003Index 603.08
kSMSZD2003Readings cáng粵cong4 zàng粵zong6
kTaiwanTelegraph 5661
kTang *dzhɑng dzhɑng
kTGHZ2013 032.070:cáng 458.150:zàng
kTotalStrokes 17
kUnihanCore2020 GHJKMPT
kXerox 244:362
kXHC1983 0105.060:cáng 1440.110:zàng