U+8B3F "謿" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+8B3F "謿" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character (hanzi) that primarily means to ridicule, mock, or deride, often carrying connotations of irony or sarcasm in classical literary contexts. It is composed of the radical "言" (yán, meaning speech or words) on the left, indicating its relation to spoken language, and the phonetic component "朝" (zhāo or cháo) on the right, which contributes to its pronunciation. This character is not commonly used in modern standard Chinese, but it may appear in historical texts, poetry, or specialized dictionaries, where it functions as a variant or more elaborate form of simpler words like "嘲" (cháo, to mock). Its inclusion in the CJK Unified Ideographs block allows it to be represented digitally alongside thousands of other East Asian characters, preserving its linguistic and cultural heritage for scholarly and archival purposes.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
謿 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
謿 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE8 0xAC 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x8B3F |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00008B3F |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u8b3f |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII |
23344F |
| kCNS1986 |
E-5B34 |
| kCNS1992 |
3-5B34 |
| kCangjie |
YRJJB |
| kCantonese |
zaau1 |
| kCihaiT |
1254.501 |
| kDaeJaweon |
1643.190 |
| kDefinition |
ridicule, deride, scorn, jeer at |
| kEACC |
23344F |
| kGB5 |
8288 |
| kHanYu |
64017.050 |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
1643.190 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
64017.050 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1179.180 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G5-7278 |
| kIRG_HSource |
H-8FE2 |
| kIRG_JSource |
JMJ-024738 |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP1-776D |
| kIRG_TSource |
T3-5B34 |
| kJapanese |
トウ |
| kKangXi |
1179.180 |
| kMandarin |
cháo |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ024738 |
| kMorohashi |
35925 |
| kRSUnicode |
149.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
656.03 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
6213 |
| kTotalStrokes |
19 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
H |
| kXerox |
323:137 |
| kXHC1983 |
0128.021:cháo |