U+85D5 "藕" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
藕
U+85D5 "藕" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the lotus root, the edible rhizome of the lotus plant (Nelumbo nucifera), which holds significant cultural and culinary importance in East Asia. It is used in various written contexts, from classical literature to modern cookbooks, to denote the root vegetable known for its crunchy texture and distinctive hole-filled cross-section. In traditional Chinese medicine and cuisine, "藕" is valued both as a nutritious ingredient and for its symbolic association with purity and continuity, often appearing in festive dishes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+85D5 |
| 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 | 藕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 藕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x97 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x85D5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000085D5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u85d5 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C3C2 |
| kCCCII | 215634 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-786D |
| kCNS1992 | 1-786D |
| kCangjie | TQDB |
| kCantonese | ngau5 |
| kCihaiT | 1176.405 |
| kCowles | 3042 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1529.270 |
| kDefinition | lotus root |
| kEACC | 215634 |
| kFanqie | 五口 |
| kFenn | 575G |
| kFennIndex | 372.08 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4492.7 |
| kGB0 | 3726 |
| kGB1 | 3726 |
| kHangul | 우:0N |
| kHanYu | 53317.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53317.060:ǒu |
| kHKGlyph | 3559 |
| kIICore | AGTHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1529.270 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53317.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1065.020 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-453A |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C3C2 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6939 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-FAED |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6964 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-786D |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6561 |
| kJapanese | グ グウ ゴウ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3437 |
| kJapaneseKun | HASUNONE |
| kJapaneseOn | GUU GOU GU |
| kJis0 | 7325 |
| kKangXi | 1065.020 |
| kKorean | WU |
| kLau | 2347 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5665 |
| kMandarin | ǒu |
| kMatthews | 4803 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2049b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023053 MJ023053:E0102 MJ023054:E0103 MJ023055:E0104 |
| kMorohashi | 32298:E0103 |
| kNelson | 4086 |
| kPhonetic | 965 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6464+140.3.15 V+13591+140.3.15 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.15 |
| kSBGY | 326.29 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 603.13 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | ǒu粵ngau5 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5665 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 272.160:ǒu |
| kTotalStrokes | 18 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | ngó |
| kXerox | 261:132 |
| kXHC1983 | 0846.010:ǒu |