U+8A5B "詛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

詛

U+8A5B "詛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to curse" or "to swear" and is used in both traditional Chinese and Japanese writing systems, where it appears as a component in words related to malediction or invoking harm through speech, such as in the compound "詛咒" (zǔzhòu) meaning "curse." This ideograph is composed of the radical "言" (speech) on the left, indicating its connection to spoken words, and the phonetic component "且" on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation. In historical and cultural contexts, the character conveys the act of pronouncing a formal or magical imprecation, making it a significant symbol in literature and folklore for expressing themes of vengeance or supernatural retribution.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8A5B
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	詛
HTML Hex Encoding	詛
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0xA9 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8A5B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008A5B
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8a5b

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	B641
kCCCII	215853
kCNS1986	1-6228
kCNS1992	1-6228
kCangjie	YRBM
kCantonese	zo3
kCihaiT	1241.501
kCowles	298
kDaeJaweon	1621.070
kDefinition	curse; swear, pledge
kEACC	215853
kFanqie	莊助
kFenn	623E
kFennIndex	557.07
kFourCornerCode	0761.0
kGB1	5571
kGSR	0046x
kHangul	저:0N
kHanYu	63953.080
kHanyuPinyin	63953.080:zǔ
kHKGlyph	3777
kIICore	ATJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon	1621.070
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	63953.080
kIRGKangXi	1156.030
kIRG_GSource	G1-5767
kIRG_HSource	HB1-B641
kIRG_JSource	J0-6B47
kIRG_KPSource	KP0-E7B8
kIRG_KSource	K0-6E4C
kIRG_TSource	T1-6228
kIRG_VSource	V1-6728
kJapanese	ソショシュのろう
kKoreanName	2015
kJapaneseKun	NOROU
kJapaneseOn	SO SHO
kJis0	7539
kKangXi	1156.030
kKorean	CE
kMandarin	zǔ
kMatthews	6818
kMeyerWempe	324
kMojiJoho	MJ024436
kMorohashi	35390
kNelson	4330
kPhonetic	97
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+6666+149.7.5
kRSUnicode	149.5
kSBGY	363.09
kSimplifiedVariant	"诅" U+8BC5 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index	645.14
kSMSZD2003Readings	zǔ粵zo3
kTaiwanTelegraph	6100
kTotalStrokes	12
kUnihanCore2020	HJKMPT
kVietnamese	trớ
kXerox	275:156