U+8A55 "評" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
評
U+8A55 "評" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character used in various East Asian writing systems, including Japanese and Korean, where it carries the core meaning of "to evaluate," "to criticize," or "to discuss." It is composed of two primary components: the radical 言 (speech) on the left, which hints at its linguistic and communicative nature, and the element 平 (flat, level) on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation and semantic nuance of fairness or balance in judgment. This character frequently appears in compound words such as 評論 (commentary), 批評 (criticism), and 評価 (evaluation), making it essential for expressing opinions, reviews, and assessments in formal and informal contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8A55 |
| 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 | 評 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 評 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xA9 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8A55 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008A55 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8a55 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B5FB |
| kCCCII | 21584E |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6223 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6223 |
| kCangjie | YRMFJ |
| kCantonese | ping4 |
| kCihaiT | 1241.302 |
| kCowles | 3498 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1620.300 |
| kDefinition | appraise, criticize, evaluate |
| kEACC | 21584E |
| kFanqie | 符兵 皮命 |
| kFenn | 36D |
| kFennIndex | 416.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0164.9 |
| kGB1 | 3832 |
| kGradeLevel | 3 |
| kHangul | 평:0E |
| kHanYu | 63953.030 |
| kHanyuPinlu | píng(439) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 63953.030:píng |
| kHKGlyph | 3773 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1620.300 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63953.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1155.090 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-4640 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B5FB |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-493E |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F1B8 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7844 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6223 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6727 |
| kJapanese | ヒョウ ヘイ はかる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kJapaneseKun | HAKARU AGETSURAU |
| kJapaneseOn | HYOU HEI |
| kJis0 | 4130 |
| kKangXi | 1155.090 |
| kKorean | PHYENG |
| kLau | 2518 |
| kMandarin | píng |
| kMatthews | 5306 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2381 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024430 MJ024430:E0102 MJ024429:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 35383:E0103 |
| kNelson | 4339 |
| kPhonetic | 1058 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3504+149.7.5 V+13999+149.7.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 149.5 |
| kSBGY | 185.46 429.15 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "评" U+8BC4 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 645.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | píng粵ping4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6097 |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | bình |
| kXerox | 247:352 |