U+85FB "藻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

藻
Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+85FB "藻" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a complex logograph that represents the Chinese word for "algae" or "seaweed" and is commonly used in botanical and metaphorical contexts across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages. In classical Chinese literature, it often conveys ideas of elegance or ornamentation, derived from the image of aquatic plants used in decorative patterns. The character combines the radical for grass (艹) with phonetic components, and it appears in words like 水藻 (shuǐzǎo, "water algae") and in the Japanese kanji compound 藻類 (sōrui, "algae"). This character also holds cultural significance in poetry and Confucian texts, where it can symbolize natural beauty or literary refinement.

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General Properties

Code Point
U+85FB
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
藻
HTML Hex Encoding
藻
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE8 0x97 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding
0x85FB
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000085FB
C/C++/Java Escape
\u85fb

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
C4A6
kCCCII
215636
kCNS1986
1-7A31
kCNS1992
1-7A31
kCangjie
TERD
kCantonese
zou2
kCihaiT
1176.601
kCowles
4590
kDaeJaweon
1533.090
kDefinition
splendid, magnificent; algae
kEACC
215636
kFanqie
子晧
kFenn
697H
kFennIndex
546.02
kFourCornerCode
4419.4
kGB0
5269
kGB1
5269
kGSR
1134n
kHangul
조:0N
kHanYu
53329.050
kHanyuPinyin
53329.050:zǎo
kHKGlyph
3565
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
53329.050
kIRG_GSource
G0-5465
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C4A6
kIRG_JSource
J0-4174
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-E9B4
kIRG_KSource
K0-705D
kIRG_TSource
T1-7A31
kIRG_VSource
V2-8F5A
kJapanese
ソウ も
kJoyoKanji
2010
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:3455
kJapaneseKun
MO
kJapaneseOn
SOU
kJis0
3384
kKangXi
1067.110
kKorean
CO
kMainlandTelegraph
5679
kMandarin
zǎo
kMatthews
6727
kMeyerWempe
3408b
kMojiJoho
MJ023125 MJ023125:E0101 MJ023126:E0102
kMorohashi
32401:E0102
kNelson
4098
kPhonetic
222
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+2806+140.3.16
kRSUnicode
140.16
kSBGY
302.40
kSMSZD2003Index
605.02
kSMSZD2003Readings
zǎo粵zou2
kTaiwanTelegraph
5679
kTang
tzɑ̌u
kTGHZ2013
459.070:zǎo
kTotalStrokes
19
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kXerox
261:130
kXHC1983
1442.030:zǎo