U+8A93 "誓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
誓
U+8A93 "誓" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character historically denoting an oath, vow, or solemn promise, with its composition reflecting the act of speaking or declaring (言) under a sense of urgency or impending consequence (折, suggesting breaking or bending). This ideograph appears across various East Asian writing systems, including traditional and simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it carries similar semantic weight in legal, military, and personal contexts. In modern usage, "誓" is commonly found in terms such as "宣誓" (to swear an oath) and "誓言" (a vow). Its Unicode encoding ensures consistent digital representation across platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8A93 |
| 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 | 誓 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 誓 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xAA 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8A93 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008A93 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8a93 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BB7D |
| kCCCII | 21586E |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6B27 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6B27 |
| kCangjie | QLYMR |
| kCantonese | sai6 |
| kCihaiT | 1245.304 |
| kCowles | 3821 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1627.010 |
| kDefinition | swear, pledge; oath |
| kEACC | 21586E |
| kFanqie | 時制 |
| kFenn | 210D |
| kFennIndex | 456.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5260.1 |
| kGB0 | 4236 |
| kGB1 | 4236 |
| kGradeLevel | 5 |
| kGSR | 0287k |
| kHangul | 서:0E |
| kHanYu | 63973.050 |
| kHanyuPinlu | shì(25) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 63973.050:shì |
| kHKGlyph | 3806 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1627.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63973.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1162.010 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4A44 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BB7D |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4040 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E1FA |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6025 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6B27 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6734 |
| kJapanese | セイ ゼイ エイ セツ ゼチ ちかう ちかい |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:3060 |
| kJapaneseKun | CHIKAU CHIKAI |
| kJapaneseOn | SEI ZEI |
| kJis0 | 3232 |
| kKangXi | 1162.010 |
| kKorean | SE |
| kLau | 2639 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6129 |
| kMandarin | shì |
| kMatthews | 5803 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2617 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024500 |
| kMorohashi | 35514 |
| kNelson | 4369 |
| kPhonetic | 207 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2660+149.7.7 |
| kRSUnicode | 149.7 |
| kSBGY | 377.42 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 648.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | shì粵sai6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6129 |
| kTang | *shiɛ̀i |
| kTGHZ2013 | 338.150:shì |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | thề |
| kXerox | 253:167 |
| kXHC1983 | 1052.010:shì |