U+8AC2 "諂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
諂
U+8AC2 "諂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that is also used in Japanese kanji and Korean hanja, primarily meaning "flatter," "adulate," or "ingratiate." Composed of the radical for "speech" (言) on the left and a phonetic component on the right, its traditional form conveys the idea of insincere or excessive praise meant to curry favor. In modern contexts, it appears in literary works, classical texts, or historical references to describe sycophantic behavior, though it is not commonly used in everyday conversation. The character reflects the nuanced moral and social critiques embedded in East Asian written traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8AC2 |
| 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 | 諂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 諂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xAB 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8AC2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008AC2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8ac2 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BDD4 |
| kCCCII | 215921 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6E7D |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6E7D |
| kCangjie | YRNHX |
| kCantonese | cim2 |
| kCihaiT | 1248.301 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1632.080 |
| kDefinition | flatter; truckle; toady |
| kEACC | 215921 |
| kFanqie | 丑琰 |
| kFenn | 683F |
| kFennIndex | 14.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0767.7 |
| kGB1 | 5838 |
| kGSR | 0672l |
| kHangul | 첨:0N |
| kHanYu | 63990.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 63990.060:chǎn |
| kHKGlyph | 3821 |
| kIICore | ATHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1632.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63990.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1166.150 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-5A46 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BDD4 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6B5B |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-EDCD |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-745B |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6E7D |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-673E |
| kJapanese | テン エン へつらう おもねる |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | HETSURAU HETSURAI |
| kJapaneseOn | TEN |
| kJis0 | 7559 |
| kKangXi | 1166.150 |
| kKarlgren | 147 |
| kKorean | CHEM |
| kMandarin | chǎn |
| kMatthews | 174 |
| kMeyerWempe | 281 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024562 |
| kMorohashi | 35616 |
| kNelson | 4381 |
| kPhonetic | 421 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6686+149.7.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 149.8 |
| kSBGY | 334.48 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "谄" U+8C04 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 650.06 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | chǎn粵cim2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6149 |
| kTotalStrokes | 15 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | siểm |
| kXerox | 324:120 |