U+8B33 "謳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
謳
U+8B33 "謳" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily means "to sing" or "to chant," often referring to the act of praising or eulogizing through song. It is composed of the radical for speech or words on the left and the phonetic component "區" on the right, which carries a sense of a region or area. In classical and literary contexts, this character appears in terms like "謳歌" meaning to sing the praises of someone or something, and it is also used in East Asian languages such as Japanese and Korean, where it can denote a type of folk song or a hymn. Overall, U+8B33 represents a harmonious blend of linguistic and cultural traditions rooted in vocal expression and admiration.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8B33 |
| 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 | 謳 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 謳 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xAC 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8B33 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008B33 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8b33 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | F0DD |
| kCCCII | 233430 |
| kCNS1986 | 2-6348 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-6348 |
| kCangjie | YRSRR |
| kCantonese | au1 |
| kCihaiT | 1254.104 |
| kCowles | 49 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1642.130 |
| kDefinition | to sing; songs |
| kEACC | 233430 |
| kFanqie | 烏侯 |
| kFenn | 696H |
| kFennIndex | 372.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0161.6 |
| kGB1 | 5809 |
| kGSR | 0122m |
| kHangul | 구:0N |
| kHanYu | 64011.110 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 64011.110:ōu,xú |
| kIICore | ATJKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1642.130 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64011.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1178.090 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-5A29 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-F0DD |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6B70 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D1AC |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4F44 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-6348 |
| kJapanese | オウ ウ ク うたう |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | UTAU |
| kJapaneseOn | OU U |
| kJis0 | 7580 |
| kKangXi | 1178.090 |
| kKarlgren | 494 |
| kKorean | KWU |
| kMandarin | ōu |
| kMatthews | 4823 |
| kMeyerWempe | 37 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024722 MJ024722:E0101 MJ024723:E0102 MJ058752:E0103 |
| kMorohashi | 35885 35885:E0101 |
| kNelson | 4429 |
| kPhonetic | 678 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6707+149.7.11 |
| kRSUnicode | 149.11 |
| kSBGY | 212.29 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "讴" U+8BB4 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 655.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | ōu粵au1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6209 |
| kTang | qou |
| kTotalStrokes | 18 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 272:350 |
| kXHC1983 | 0845.081:ōu |