U+85C8 "藈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+85C8 "藈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used primarily in classical or historical texts, where it refers to a type of water plant, specifically identified as the arrowhead or similar aquatic herb. In traditional Chinese culture, this ideograph appears in ancient dictionaries and botanical records, often associated with edible roots or medicinal uses. Its structure combines the radical for grass or plant, indicating its botanical nature, with a phonetic component that provides a clue to its pronunciation, which is typically read as “kuí” in Mandarin. While not commonly used in modern everyday writing, it remains a part of the extended CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) character set, preserved for scholarly and historical purposes.