U+8B56 "譖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
譖
U+8B56 "譖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a complex Chinese character, or hanzi, that primarily means to slander, to defame, or to falsely accuse someone in speech. Its traditional written form encapsulates the radical for speech or words (訁) combined with a phonetic component that contributes to its pronunciation and historical usage. This character appears in classical Chinese literature and historical texts, often describing malicious gossip or unfounded allegations made against an individual, reflecting the deep cultural emphasis on integrity and the serious social consequences of defamation in ancient Chinese society.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8B56 |
| 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 | 譖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 譖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xAD 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8B56 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008B56 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8b56 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | F2FB |
| kCCCII | 23344D |
| kCNS1986 | 2-6728 |
| kCNS1992 | 2-6728 |
| kCangjie | YRMUA |
| kCantonese | zam3 |
| kCihaiT | 1255.304 |
| kCowles | 455 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1644.260 |
| kDefinition | to slander |
| kEACC | 23344D |
| kFanqie | 莊蔭 |
| kFenn | 801I |
| kFennIndex | 543.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0566.1 |
| kGB1 | 5858 |
| kGSR | 0660j |
| kHangul | 참:1N |
| kHanYu | 64018.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 64018.060:zèn,jiàn |
| kIICore | CP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1644.260 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64018.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1181.150 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-5A5A |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-F2FB |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6B7B |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-ECDB |
| kIRG_KSource | K1-6E5F |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-6728 |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-8378 |
| kJapanese | シン セン そしる |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | SOSHIRU |
| kJapaneseOn | SHIN SEN |
| kJis0 | 7591 |
| kKangXi | 1181.150 |
| kKorean | CHAM |
| kMandarin | zèn |
| kMatthews | 323 |
| kMeyerWempe | 143b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024773 MJ024773:E0103 MJ024774:E0104 |
| kMorohashi | 35972 35972:E0103 |
| kPhonetic | 25 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6718+149.7.12 V+20216+149.7.14 V+20217+149.7.14 |
| kRSUnicode | 149.12 |
| kSBGY | 441.20 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "谮" U+8C2E CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 655.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zèn粵zam3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6220 |
| kTotalStrokes | 19 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJMPT |
| kXerox | 275:164 |