U+8AAF "誯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8AAF "誯" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and archaic Chinese character that appears in classical texts and historical dictionaries, primarily used in the context of ancient writing or names. Its traditional meaning is associated with the concept of "singing in praise" or "chanting," often linked to ceremonial or poetic recitation, though its current usage is extremely limited. This character is composed of the radical "言" (speech) on the left, indicating its relation to language or expression, and a phonetic component on the right that contributes to its pronunciation and form. As a part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideograph block, it represents a linguistic artifact that underscores the depth and historical evolution of East Asian script systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+8AAF
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 誯
HTML Hex Encoding 誯
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0xAA 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8AAF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008AAF
C/C++/Java Escape \u8aaf

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

kCCCII 233331
kCNS1986 E-4E74
kCNS1992 3-4E74
kCangjie YRAA
kCantonese coeng3
kDaeJaweon 1630.260
kEACC 233331
kGB5 8239
kHanYu 63986.030
kIRGDaeJaweon 1630.260
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 63986.030
kIRGKangXi 1165.100
kIRG_GSource G5-7247
kIRG_HSource H-8FE9
kIRG_JSource J1-5D7D
kIRG_KSource K2-6064
kIRG_TSource T3-4E74
kJapanese ショウ
kJapaneseKun TONAAERU
kJapaneseOn SHOU
kJis1 6193
kKangXi 1165.100
kMandarin chàng
kMojiJoho MJ024539
kMorohashi 35585
kPhonetic 119*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+22542+149.7.8
kRSUnicode 149.8
kTaiwanTelegraph 6252
kTotalStrokes 15
kUnihanCore2020 H
kXerox 316:060