U+8A00 "言" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
言
U+8A00 "言" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a fundamental logogram in the Chinese writing system, representing the concept of speech, words, or language. Originating from ancient oracle bone script, it depicts a sound or voice emerging from a mouth, and it serves as a common radical in thousands of compound characters related to communication, such as 說 (to speak), 語 (language), and 信 (trust). As a core component of East Asian scripts used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, this character carries deep cultural significance, embodying the power of expression and the value placed on spoken and written discourse in Confucian and literary traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8A00 |
| 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 | 言 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 言 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xA8 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8A00 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008A00 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8a00 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A8A5 |
| kCCCII | 215837 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4B46 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4B46 |
| kCangjie | YMMR |
| kCantonese | jin4 |
| kCihaiT | 1236.503 |
| kCowles | 1350 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1612.200 |
| kDefinition | words, speech; speak, say; Kangxi radical 149 |
| kEACC | 215837 |
| kFanqie | 語軒 |
| kFenn | 740B |
| kFennIndex | 623.02 650.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0060.1 |
| kGB0 | 4952 |
| kGB1 | 4952 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0251a |
| kHangul | 언:0E |
| kHanYu | 63936.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | yán(307) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 63936.010:yán,yàn,yín |
| kHDZRadBreak | ⾔[U+2F94]:63936.010 |
| kHKGlyph | 3750 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1612.200 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63936.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1146.010 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5154 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A8A5 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3840 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F8BC |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-656B |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4B46 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6671 |
| kJapanese | ゲン ゴン ギン いう こと ここに われ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:826 |
| kJapaneseKun | KOTO IU KOTOBA |
| kJapaneseOn | GEN GON GIN |
| kJis0 | 2432 |
| kKangXi | 1146.010 |
| kKarlgren | 234 |
| kKorean | EN UN |
| kLau | 3468 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6056 |
| kMandarin | yán |
| kMatthews | 7334 |
| kMeyerWempe | 891 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024331 |
| kMorohashi | 35205 |
| kNelson | 4309 |
| kPhonetic | 1575 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1908+149.7.0 |
| kRSUnicode | 149.0 |
| kSBGY | 115.31 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+8A01 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 641.12 14.13 96.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | yán粵jin4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6056 |
| kTang | *ngiæn |
| kTGHZ2013 | 422.040:yán |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | ngôn |
| kXerox | 243:162 |
| kXHC1983 | 1324.040:yán |