U+85CA "藊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+85CA "藊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that represents a type of legume, specifically referring to the hyacinth bean or lablab bean (Lablab purpureus), which is also known as the "dou" character in ancient botanical contexts. This ideograph is composed of the radical for grass (艹) on top, indicating its plant-related meaning, combined with the component "扁" (biǎn, meaning flat), likely describing the bean's flat shape. It appears in classical Chinese texts and historical dictionaries, though it is rarely used in modern simplified Chinese, where characters like "扁豆" (biǎndòu) are more common for the same bean. As part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, it enables digital representation of traditional East Asian script and serves as a record of agricultural and linguistic heritage in written Chinese.