U+8A41 "詁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
詁
U+8A41 "詁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily means "explanation of ancient texts" or "gloss," often referring to the exegesis or commentary on classical writings, particularly in the context of Chinese philology. It is composed of the radical 言 (speech, word) on the left and the phonetic component 古 (ancient) on the right, highlighting its connection to interpreting archaic language. This character appears in historical dictionaries and scholarly works, where it denotes the act of providing modern explanations for old terms, and it is still used in academic settings related to classical Chinese studies.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8A41 |
| 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 | 詁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 詁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xA9 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8A41 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008A41 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8a41 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B5FE |
| kCCCII | 215851 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6226 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6226 |
| kCangjie | YRJR |
| kCantonese | gu2 |
| kCihaiT | 1240.602 |
| kCowles | 1808 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1619.220 |
| kDefinition | exegesis, explanation; explain |
| kEACC | 215851 |
| kFanqie | 公戶 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0466.0 |
| kGB1 | 5812 |
| kHangul | 고:1N |
| kHanYu | 63952.070 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 63952.070:gǔ |
| kHKGlyph | 3775 |
| kIICore | ATHMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1619.220 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63952.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1153.040 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-5A2C |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B5FE |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6B46 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-CFF8 |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-5922 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6226 |
| kJapanese | コ ク よみ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | YOMI |
| kJapaneseOn | KO |
| kJis0 | 7538 |
| kKangXi | 1153.040 |
| kKarlgren | 421 |
| kKorean | KO |
| kMandarin | gǔ |
| kMatthews | 3461 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1265f |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024407 |
| kMorohashi | 35347 |
| kNelson | 4329 |
| kPhonetic | 753 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6665+149.7.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 149.5 |
| kSBGY | 266.07 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "诂" U+8BC2 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 645.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | gǔ粵gu2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6089 |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJMPT |
| kXerox | 275:155 |