U+85A8 "薨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

薨
Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+85A8 "薨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that historically denotes the death of a high ranking noble, specifically a feudal lord or prince, in classical East Asian contexts. It carries a formal and respectful connotation, distinguishing it from terms used for the death of commoners or the emperor. In modern usage, while less common in everyday language, it appears in historical texts, literature, and certain ceremonial or legal contexts to preserve the traditional hierarchy of death euphemisms. The character is composed of the grass radical 艹 combined with phonetic components, reflecting its origin in ancient Chinese writing.

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General Properties

Code Point
U+85A8
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
薨
HTML Hex Encoding
薨
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE8 0x96 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding
0x85A8
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000085A8
C/C++/Java Escape
\u85a8

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
C1A9
kCCCII
232649
kCNS1986
1-7533
kCNS1992
1-7533
kCangjie
TWLP
kCantonese
gwang1
kCihaiT
1171.301
kCowles
2082
kDaeJaweon
1526.120
kDefinition
death of prince; swarming
kEACC
232649
kFanqie
呼肱
kFourCornerCode
4421.1
kGB0
6216
kGB1
6216
kGSR
0902g
kHangul
훙:0N
kHanYu
53302.030
kHanyuPinyin
53302.030:hōng
kIICore
AGTJKP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53302.030
kIRG_GSource
G0-5E30
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C1A9
kIRG_JSource
J0-692A
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F4F9
kIRG_KSource
K0-7D3C
kIRG_TSource
T1-7533
kJapanese
コウ みまかる
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:6050
kJapaneseKun
MIMAKARU
kJapaneseOn
KOU
kJis0
7310
kKangXi
1062.070
kKorean
HWUNG HOYNG
kMainlandTelegraph
5645
kMandarin
hōng
kMatthews
2393
kMojiJoho
MJ022963 MJ022963:E0101 MJ022964:E0102
kMorohashi
32147:E0102
kNelson
4064
kPhonetic
934
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6449+140.3.13
kRSUnicode
140.13
kSBGY
201.48
kSMSZD2003Index
602.05 602.08
kSMSZD2003Readings
hōng粵gwang1
kTaiwanTelegraph
5645
kTGHZ2013
137.110:hōng
kTotalStrokes
16
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kXerox
275:134
kXHC1983
0461.060:hōng