U+8A23 "訣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8A23 "訣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "trick," "secret," or "knack," often referring to a special method or formula for achieving something, such as a secret recipe or a mnemonic technique. It is composed of the radical 言 (speech) on the left and 夬 (guài) on the right, with the latter providing phonetic and semantic hints related to division or decision. This character appears frequently in compound words like 訣竅 (juéqiào, meaning "key technique" or "secret trick") and 訣別 (juébié, meaning "to part or say goodbye"), reflecting its usage in both practical and emotional contexts. In Japanese, it is read as "ketsu" in on'yomi and is used similarly in words such as 秘訣 (hiketsu, for "secret" or "key to success").

General Properties

Code Point U+8A23
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 訣
HTML Hex Encoding 訣
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0xA8 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8A23
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008A23
C/C++/Java Escape \u8a23

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 B35A
kCCCII 215845
kCNS1986 1-5D40
kCNS1992 1-5D40
kCangjie YRDK
kCantonese kyut3
kCihaiT 1239.102
kCowles 2014
kDaeJaweon 1617.050
kDefinition take leave of, bid farewell
kEACC 215845
kFanqie 古穴
kFenn 482F
kFennIndex 121.01
kFourCornerCode 0563.0
kGB1 3087
kGradeLevel 5
kGSR 0312e
kHangul 결:0N
kHanYu 63951.050
kHanyuPinyin 63951.050:jué
kHKGlyph 3765
kIICore ATJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon 1617.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 63951.050
kIRGKangXi 1150.070
kIRG_GSource G1-3E77
kIRG_HSource HB1-B35A
kIRG_JSource J0-376D
kIRG_KPSource KP0-CFA5
kIRG_KSource K0-4C41
kIRG_TSource T1-5D40
kJapanese ケツ ケチ ケ ケイ わかれ わかれる
kJinmeiyoKanji 2010
kKoreanName 2015
kJapaneseKun WAKARERU WAKARE
kJapaneseOn KETSU KEI
kJis0 2377
kKangXi 1150.070
kKarlgren 440
kKorean KYEL
kMandarin jué
kMatthews 1700
kMeyerWempe 1301a
kMojiJoho MJ024373
kMorohashi 35272
kNelson 4322
kPhonetic 667
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+1859+149.7.4
kRSUnicode 149.4
kSBGY 492.34
kSimplifiedVariant "诀" U+8BC0 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index 643.11
kSMSZD2003Readings jué粵kyut3
kTaiwanTelegraph 6076
kTang guet
kTotalStrokes 11
kUnihanCore2020 HJKMPT
kXerox 261:155