U+85F9 "藹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

藹

U+85F9 "藹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character composed of the grass radical on top and a phonetic component below, and its primary modern meanings include "friendly," "kind," or "harmonious," as in the compound word "和藹" (hé'ǎi), which describes a gentle and amiable demeanor. Historically, this character also carried the sense of lush or abundant vegetation, reflecting its botanical origin, and it appears in classical literature, such as in the Confucian Analects, where it is used to describe the approachable and gracious nature of a virtuous person. In computing, this character is part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, supporting its use across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean scripts, and it requires Unicode-aware systems for proper display and input.

General Properties

Code Point	U+85F9
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	藹
HTML Hex Encoding	藹
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0x97 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding	0x85F9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000085F9
C/C++/Java Escape	\u85f9

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	C4A7
kCCCII	215637
kCNS1986	1-7A32
kCNS1992	1-7A32
kCangjie	TYRV
kCantonese	oi2
kCihaiT	1176.503
kDaeJaweon	1533.050
kDefinition	lush; affable, friendly
kEACC	215637
kFanqie	於蓋
kFourCornerCode	4462.7
kGB1	1610
kGradeLevel	3
kGSR	0313a'
kHangul	애:1N
kHanYu	53328.030
kHanyuPinlu	ǎi(19)
kHanyuPinyin	53328.030:ǎi
kHKGlyph	3563
kIICore	ATJHM
kIRGDaeJaweon	1533.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53328.030
kIRGKangXi	1067.070
kIRG_GSource	G1-302A
kIRG_HSource	HB1-C4A7
kIRG_JSource	J0-693D
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-707D
kIRG_KSource	K1-6665
kIRG_TSource	T1-7A32
kJapanese	アイアツアチ
kKoreanName	2015
kJapaneseKun	OOI MAMEMAMESHII
kJapaneseOn	AI ATSU
kJis0	7329
kKangXi	1067.070
kKarlgren	230
kKorean	AY
kMandarin	ǎi
kMatthews	15
kMeyerWempe	2146
kMojiJoho	MJ023120 MJ023120:E0101 MJ023121:E0102 MJ023122:E0103
kMorohashi	32397:E0102
kNelson	4094
kPhonetic	1592
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+6468+140.3.16
kRSUnicode	140.16
kSBGY	380.08
kSimplifiedVariant	"蔼" U+853C CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	604.15
kSMSZD2003Readings	ǎi粵oi2
kTaiwanTelegraph	5676
kTang	qɑ̀i
kTotalStrokes	19
kUnihanCore2020	HJMT
kXerox	257:054