U+85AC "薬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+85AC "薬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) also used in Japanese kanji, primarily meaning "medicine" or "drug." Its radical is 艹 (grass) indicating a botanical origin, and it traditionally derives from a plant-based remedy, though in modern usage it encompasses both pharmaceutical drugs and medical treatment. This character is a fundamental term in East Asian languages, appearing in compounds like 薬品 (yakuhin, meaning "medicine" or "chemicals") and 薬局 (yakkyoku, meaning "pharmacy").
General Properties
Code Point
U+85AC
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
薬
HTML Hex Encoding
薬
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE8 0x96 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding
0x85AC
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000085AC
C/C++/Java Escape
\u85ac
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kCCCII
335635
kCNS1986
E-5630
kCNS1992
3-5630
kCangjie
TIOD
kDefinition
drugs, pharmaceuticals, medicine
kEACC
335635
kFourCornerCode
4490.4
kHanYu
53303.051
kIICore
AJ
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53303.051
kIRG_GSource
GE-4A4C
kIRG_JSource
J0-4C74
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-6FF0
kIRG_KSource
K2-5A2E
kIRG_TSource
T3-5630
kJapanese
ヤク シャク リャク くすり
kJoyoKanji
2010
kJapaneseKun
KUSURI
kJapaneseOn
YAKU
kJis0
4484
kKangXi
1062.441
kKorean
YAK
kMandarin
yào
kMojiJoho
MJ022975
kMorohashi
32188'
kNelson
4074
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+3840+140.3.13
kRSUnicode
140.13
kTotalStrokes
16
kUnihanCore2020
J
kJapaneseOldVariant
U+85E5