U+8B57 "譗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8B57 "譗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare Chinese character used primarily in classical or historical texts, where it is associated with meanings related to speech or words, often indicating a type of discourse or expression. This character belongs to the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block, which encompasses characters from traditional Chinese writing systems. Its structure combines a radical related to speech or language with a phonetic component, though it is not commonly encountered in modern usage, making it a subject of interest for linguists and scholars studying archaic or specialized vocabulary. The character's pronunciation and precise semantic scope can vary, as many rare ideographs have limited surviving examples in literature.

General Properties

Code Point U+8B57
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 譗
HTML Hex Encoding 譗
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0xAD 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8B57
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008B57
C/C++/Java Escape \u8b57

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 F343
kCCCII 233456
kCNS1986 2-672F
kCNS1992 2-672F
kCangjie YRHOR
kCantonese zaap3
kDaeJaweon 1644.270
kFourCornerCode 0866.1
kGB3 8394
kHanYu 64019.010
kHanyuPinyin 64019.010:zhá
kIRGDaeJaweon 1644.270
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 64019.010
kIRGKangXi 1181.160
kIRG_GSource G3-737E
kIRG_HSource HB2-F343
kIRG_JSource JMJ-024775
kIRG_KPSource KP1-776C
kIRG_KSource K2-6150
kIRG_TSource T2-672F
kJapanese トウ
kKangXi 1181.160
kMandarin zhá
kMojiJoho MJ024775
kMorohashi 35973
kRSUnicode 149.12
kTotalStrokes 19
kUnihanCore2020 HMT