U+8B23 "謣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8B23 "謣" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rarely used Chinese character that primarily appears in classical or literary contexts, representing an archaic or obscure term. Its meaning is often associated with deceitful or exaggerated speech, and it carries connotations of idle talk or boasting. This character is composed of the radical for "speech" or "words" on the left side, which reflects its linguistic nature, while the right side provides phonetic cues. In modern Chinese, it is not commonly employed in everyday language, and its usage is largely confined to historical texts or specialized dictionaries referencing archaic vocabulary.

General Properties

Code Point U+8B23
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 謣
HTML Hex Encoding 謣
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0xAC 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8B23
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008B23
C/C++/Java Escape \u8b23

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 F0DC
kCCCII 23342E
kCNS1986 2-6347
kCNS1992 2-6347
kCangjie YRMBS
kCantonese jyu4
kCihaiT 1253.504
kDaeJaweon 1641.230
kFanqie 羽俱
kFourCornerCode 0762.7
kGB3 8387
kHangul 우:1N
kHanYu 64012.020
kHanyuPinyin 64012.020:yú,xū
kIRGDaeJaweon 1641.230
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 64012.020
kIRGKangXi 1177.030
kIRG_GSource G3-7377
kIRG_HSource HB2-F0DC
kIRG_JSource JMJ-024703
kIRG_KPSource KP1-7754
kIRG_KSource K1-693C
kIRG_TSource T2-6347
kJapanese ウ ク
kKoreanName 2015
kKangXi 1177.030
kKorean WU
kMandarin
kMojiJoho MJ024703 MJ024703:E0100 MJ058760:E0101
kMorohashi 35852 35852:E0100
kRSUnicode 149.11
kSBGY 074.10
kSimplifiedVariant "𰶀" U+30D80 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kTotalStrokes 18
kUnihanCore2020 HMT