U+8ACE "諎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8ACE "諎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Hanzi) with a complex meaning that has evolved over time, primarily functioning as a verb. In classical texts, it can signify "to censure," "to blame," or "to reprimand" someone for a fault or mistake, carrying a sense of authoritative criticism. However, this character also holds a secondary, more obscure meaning of "to begin" or "to start," though this usage is rare and largely confined to ancient literary contexts where it might be considered a variant or phonetic loan for another character. While not commonly used in modern standard Chinese, "諎" appears in historical poetry and philosophical writings, demanding careful interpretation based on the specific era and textual tradition to determine which sense is intended.

General Properties

Code Point U+8ACE
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 諎
HTML Hex Encoding 諎
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0xAB 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8ACE
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008ACE
C/C++/Java Escape \u8ace

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 233329
kCNS1986 E-4E6A
kCNS1992 3-4E6A
kCangjie YRTA
kCantonese zaak3
kDaeJaweon 1633.050
kFanqie 千過 側伯
kGB3 8343
kHanYu 63983.100
kHanyuPinyin 63983.100:zé,cuò,zuò,zhǎ,jiè
kIRGDaeJaweon 1633.050
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 63983.100
kIRGKangXi 1168.010
kIRG_GSource G3-734B
kIRG_JSource JMJ-024576
kIRG_KPSource KP1-76AA
kIRG_TSource T3-4E6A
kJapanese サク ジャク ザク サ シャ タク チャク シャク
kKangXi 1168.010
kMandarin
kMojiJoho MJ024576
kMorohashi 35644
kRSUnicode 149.8
kSBGY 420.54 511.09
kSimplifiedVariant "𬣾" U+2C8FE CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kTotalStrokes 15