U+85FB "藻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
藻
U+85FB "藻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a complex logograph that represents the Chinese word for "algae" or "seaweed" and is commonly used in botanical and metaphorical contexts across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages. In classical Chinese literature, it often conveys ideas of elegance or ornamentation, derived from the image of aquatic plants used in decorative patterns. The character combines the radical for grass (艹) with phonetic components, and it appears in words like 水藻 (shuǐzǎo, "water algae") and in the Japanese kanji compound 藻類 (sōrui, "algae"). This character also holds cultural significance in poetry and Confucian texts, where it can symbolize natural beauty or literary refinement.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+85FB |
| 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 | 藻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 藻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x97 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x85FB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000085FB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u85fb |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C4A6 |
| kCCCII | 215636 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7A31 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7A31 |
| kCangjie | TERD |
| kCantonese | zou2 |
| kCihaiT | 1176.601 |
| kCowles | 4590 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1533.090 |
| kDefinition | splendid, magnificent; algae |
| kEACC | 215636 |
| kFanqie | 子晧 |
| kFenn | 697H |
| kFennIndex | 546.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4419.4 |
| kGB0 | 5269 |
| kGB1 | 5269 |
| kGSR | 1134n |
| kHangul | 조:0N |
| kHanYu | 53329.050 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53329.050:zǎo |
| kHKGlyph | 3565 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1533.090 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53329.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1067.110 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5465 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C4A6 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4174 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E9B4 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-705D |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7A31 |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-8F5A |
| kJapanese | ソウ も |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3455 |
| kJapaneseKun | MO |
| kJapaneseOn | SOU |
| kJis0 | 3384 |
| kKangXi | 1067.110 |
| kKorean | CO |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 5679 |
| kMandarin | zǎo |
| kMatthews | 6727 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3408b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ023125 MJ023125:E0101 MJ023126:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 32401:E0102 |
| kNelson | 4098 |
| kPhonetic | 222 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2806+140.3.16 |
| kRSUnicode | 140.16 |
| kSBGY | 302.40 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 605.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zǎo粵zou2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5679 |
| kTang | tzɑ̌u |
| kTGHZ2013 | 459.070:zǎo |
| kTotalStrokes | 19 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 261:130 |
| kXHC1983 | 1442.030:zǎo |