U+85E2 "藢" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
藢
U+85E2 "藢" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character classified under the radical for grass or plants, with historical usage in classical and modern Chinese texts. Its traditional and simplified forms share the same glyph, and it is pronounced "zhǐ" or "zhēng" depending on context, though it remains relatively rare in everyday language. The character is associated with meanings related to plant names or botanical descriptions, often referencing the common selfheal or a similar medicinal herb, as found in ancient pharmacopoeias and literary works. In digital Unicode standards, it belongs to the CJK Unified Ideographs block, ensuring consistent representation across platforms for scholarly and specialized communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+85E2 |
| 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 | 藢 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 藢 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x97 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x85E2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000085E2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u85e2 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | F2DA |
| kCCCII | 23274F |
| kCNS1986 | 2-6665 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-6665 |
| kCangjie | THOK |
| kCantonese | zi2 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1531.030 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4424.8 |
| kGB5 | 7457 |
| kHanYu | 53321.010 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53321.010:zhǐ |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1531.030 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53321.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1065.440 |
| kIRG_GSource | G5-6A59 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-F2DA |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-023077 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-7049 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-5A50 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-6665 |
| kJapanese | チ |
| kKangXi | 1065.440 |
| kMandarin | zhǐ |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023077 |
| kMorohashi | 32338 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.15 |
| kTotalStrokes | 18 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |