U+8B05 "謅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
謅
U+8B05 "謅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily used in traditional and classical texts, often carrying the meaning of "to make up" or "to fabricate," particularly in the context of speech or writing stories. It is composed of the radical for "speech" (言) on the left, indicating its connection to language, and a phonetic component on the right. This character appears in historical literature and some modern usages within certain dialects, where it can imply creating fictional or exaggerated narratives.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8B05 |
| 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 | 謅 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 謅 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xAC 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8B05 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008B05 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8b05 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | EEA4 |
| kCCCII | 23337A |
| kCNS1986 | 2-5F50 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-5F50 |
| kCangjie | YRPUU |
| kCantonese | zau1 |
| kCihaiT | 1252.202 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1638.280 |
| kDefinition | play with words, quip; talk nonsense |
| kEACC | 23337A |
| kFanqie | 楚鳩 初爪 |
| kFenn | 663G |
| kFennIndex | 90.07 555.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0762.7 |
| kGB1 | 5463 |
| kHanYu | 64007.150 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 64007.150:chōu,chǎo,zhōu |
| kIICore | CT |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1638.280 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64007.150 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1174.140 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-565F |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-EEA4 |
| kIRG_JSource | J14-7865 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-7718 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-6127 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-5F50 |
| kJapanese | ソウ ショウ シュウ シュ |
| kJIS0213 | 2,88,69 |
| kJapaneseKun | MOTEASOBU |
| kJapaneseOn | SOU SHOU SHUU SHU |
| kJis1 | 6224 |
| kKangXi | 1174.140 |
| kMandarin | zhōu |
| kMatthews | 1308 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3290d |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024656 |
| kMorohashi | 35781 |
| kPhonetic | 234 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+18686+149.7.10 |
| kRSUnicode | 149.10 |
| kSBGY | 208.51 301.05 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "诌" U+8BCC CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 653.13 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhōu粵zau1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6188 |
| kTotalStrokes | 17 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kXerox | 271:161 |
| kXHC1983 | 1504.041:zhōu |