U+85AF "薯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+85AF "薯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to yam, potato, or sweet potato, and it is commonly used in East Asian languages, particularly in Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. This ideograph is composed of the radical for grass or plant (艹) and the phonetic component 署, indicating its agricultural and edible root vegetable associations. In modern usage, it appears in words like "马铃薯" for potato, "甘薯" for sweet potato, and "薯条" for French fries, making it a practical character in culinary contexts. Its encoding in Unicode ensures consistent representation across digital platforms, supporting the accurate display and exchange of text in scripts that use CJK characters.
General Properties
Code Point
U+85AF
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
薯
HTML Hex Encoding
薯
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE8 0x96 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding
0x85AF
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000085AF
C/C++/Java Escape
\u85af
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
C1A6
kCCCII
21562C
kCNS1986
1-7530
kCNS1992
1-7530
kCangjie
TWLA
kCantonese
syu4
kCihaiT
1174.201
kCowles
3991 3992
kDefinition
yam, tuber, potato
kEACC
21562C
kFanqie
常恕
kFenn
192F
kFennIndex
462.12
kFourCornerCode
4460.4
kGB0
4277
kGB1
4277
kHangul
서:0N
kHanYu
53301.180
kHanyuPinlu
shǔ(13)
kHanyuPinyin
53301.180:shǔ
kHKGlyph
3547
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53301.180
kIRG_GSource
G0-4A6D
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C1A6
kIRG_JSource
J0-3D72
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E1F8
kIRG_KSource
K0-6023
kIRG_TSource
T1-7530
kJapanese
ショ ジョ いも
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:3321
kJapaneseKun
IMO
kJapaneseOn
SHO JO
kJis0
2982
kKangXi
1062.450
kKorean
SE
kLau
2912
kMainlandTelegraph
5620
kMandarin
shǔ
kMatthews
5869
kMeyerWempe
2768
kMojiJoho
MJ022983 MJ022983:E0102 MJ022984:E0103 MJ022985:E0104
kMorohashi
32191:E0104
kNelson
4080
kPhonetic
268
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+2428+140.3.13 V+7701+140.3.14
kRSUnicode
140.14
kSBGY
362.23
kSemanticVariant
U+85F7<kLau,kMatthews,kMeyerWempe
kSMSZD2003Index
602.06
kSMSZD2003Readings
shǔ粵syu4
kTaiwanTelegraph
5620
kTGHZ2013
342.020:shǔ
kTotalStrokes
18
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kXerox
254:354
kXHC1983
1067.030:shǔ