U+8A3C "証" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

証

U+8A3C "証" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Han character primarily used in Japanese and occasionally in traditional Chinese contexts, where it serves as a variant or simplified form of the character 證, meaning "evidence," "proof," or "certificate." Structurally, it combines the radical "言" (speech, words) on the left with "正" (correct, upright) on the right, suggesting the concept of verifying or confirming truth through spoken or written testimony. In modern Japanese, it appears in common terms such as "証明" (shōmei, meaning proof or certification) and "証拠" (shōko, meaning evidence). While traditional Chinese typically uses the full form 證, the simplified variant 证 is standard in mainland China, leaving 証 more narrowly associated with Japanese orthography. This character thus encapsulates a linguistic bridge between verification and communication across East Asian writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8A3C
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	証
HTML Hex Encoding	証
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0xA8 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8A3C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008A3C
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8a3c

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	B5FD
kCCCII	39593F
kCNS1986	1-6225
kCNS1992	1-6225
kCangjie	YRMYM
kCantonese	zing3
kCihaiT	1240.501
kCowles	279
kDaeJaweon	1619.160
kDefinition	prove, confirm, verify; proof
kEACC	39593F
kFanqie	之盛
kFennIndex	28.12
kFourCornerCode	0161.1
kGSR	0833u
kHangul	정:1N
kHanYu	63951.170
kHanyuPinlu	zhèng(518)
kHanyuPinyin	63951.170:zhèng
kIICore	ATJ
kIRGDaeJaweon	1619.160
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	63951.170
kIRGKangXi	1152.270
kIRG_GSource	GE-4C65
kIRG_HSource	HB1-B5FD
kIRG_JSource	J0-3E5A
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-75EF
kIRG_KSource	K1-6C60
kIRG_TSource	T1-6225
kIRG_VSource	V1-6724
kJapanese	ショウセイあかし
kJoyoKanji	2010
kKoreanName	2015
kJapaneseKun	AKASHI
kJapaneseOn	SHOU SEI
kJis0	3058
kKangXi	1152.270
kKorean	CENG
kLau	1503
kMandarin	zhèng
kMatthews	357
kMeyerWempe	299
kMojiJoho	MJ024402
kMorohashi	35341
kNelson	4341
kPhonetic	201 1315
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+2498+149.7.5
kRSUnicode	149.5
kSBGY	430.38
kSemanticVariant	U+8B49<kLau,kMatthews,kMeyerWempe
kSMSZD2003Index	646.03
kTaiwanTelegraph	6086
kTotalStrokes	12
kUnihanCore2020	HJMT
kVietnamese	chứng
kXerox	322:133