U+8ACB "請" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8ACB "請" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that means "to ask," "to request," or "please," and it is commonly used in formal or polite contexts across East Asian languages, including Japanese (as the kanji "sei" or "shou") and Korean (as "cheong"). In Chinese, it appears in phrases like "請問" (qǐngwèn, meaning "excuse me" or "may I ask") and "邀請" (yāoqǐng, meaning "invitation"), conveying deference or civility. The character is composed of the radical "言" (speech) on the left and "青" (green or blue) on the right, though the latter primarily serves a phonetic function to indicate pronunciation. As a component in written communication, it reflects the cultural importance of politeness and hierarchy in many East Asian societies.

General Properties

Code Point U+8ACB
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 請
HTML Hex Encoding 請
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0xAB 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8ACB
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008ACB
C/C++/Java Escape \u8acb

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 BDD0
kCCCII 21587A
kCNS1986 1-6E79
kCNS1992 1-6E79
kCangjie YRQMB
kCantonese cing2
kCihaiT 1248.602
kCowles 4734 4765
kDaeJaweon 1632.280
kDefinition ask, request; invite; please
kEACC 4B587A
kFanqie 疾盈 七靜 疾政
kFenn 82A
kFennIndex 83.02
kFourCornerCode 0562.7
kGB1 3975
kGradeLevel 1
kGSR 0812k'
kHangul 청:0EN
kHanYu 63981.030
kHanyuPinlu qǐng(585)
kHanyuPinyin 63981.030:qǐng,qìng,qíng
kHKGlyph 3816
kIICore ATJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon 1632.280
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 63981.030
kIRGKangXi 1167.180
kIRG_GSource G1-476B
kIRG_HSource HB1-BDD0
kIRG_JSource J0-4041
kIRG_KPSource KP0-EDDD
kIRG_KSource K0-746B
kIRG_TSource T1-6E79
kIRG_VSource V1-6740
kJapanese セイ シン ショウ ジョウ こう うける
kJoyoKanji 2010
kKoreanEducationHanja 2007
kKoreanName 2015
kJapaneseKun KOU UKERU KOI
kJapaneseOn SEI SHOU SHIN
kJis0 3233
kKangXi 1167.180
kKorean CHENG
kLau 254 313
kMandarin qǐng
kMatthews 1172
kMeyerWempe 3317
kMojiJoho MJ024572 MJ024572:E0102 MJ024571:E0103
kMorohashi 35640' 35640':E0102 35640:E0103
kNelson 4390
kPhonetic 203
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+2661+149.7.8 C+2661+174.8.7 V+13872+149.7.8 V+13872+174.8.7
kRSUnicode 149.8
kSBGY 190.13 319.03 431.27
kSimplifiedVariant "请" U+8BF7 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index 650.10
kSMSZD2003Readings qǐng粵cing2
kTaiwanTelegraph 6153
kTang *tsiɛ̌ng
kTotalStrokes 15
kUnihanCore2020 HJKMPT
kVietnamese thỉnh
kXerox 242:072