U+8B6C "譬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
譬
U+8B6C "譬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a verb meaning "to compare" or "to illustrate by analogy," and it is also used as a noun meaning "example" or "metaphor." It is part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, intended for use with Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, and its historical usage is evident in classical Chinese texts where it introduces figurative comparisons or allegorical explanations. In modern Mandarin, it commonly appears in the word "譬喻" (pìyù), which means metaphor or analogy, serving as a rhetorical device to clarify abstract concepts through concrete comparisons.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8B6C |
| 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 | 譬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 譬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xAD 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8B6C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008B6C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8b6c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C4B4 |
| kCCCII | 215944 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7A3F |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7A3F |
| kCangjie | SJYMR |
| kCantonese | pei3 |
| kCihaiT | 1256.204 |
| kCowles | 3466 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1646.100 |
| kDefinition | metaphor, simile, example |
| kEACC | 215944 |
| kFanqie | 匹賜 |
| kFenn | 158C |
| kFennIndex | 404.10 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7060.1 |
| kGB0 | 3809 |
| kGB1 | 3809 |
| kGradeLevel | 5 |
| kGSR | 0853t |
| kHangul | 비:0N |
| kHanYu | 64026.080 |
| kHanyuPinlu | pì(42) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 64026.080:pì |
| kHKGlyph | 3858 |
| kIICore | AGTHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1646.100 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64026.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1183.160 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4629 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C4B4 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6C22 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-DFEE |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5E27 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7A3F |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-675F |
| kJapanese | ヒ たとえ たとえる |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3487 |
| kJapaneseKun | TATOERU TATOE |
| kJapaneseOn | HI |
| kJis0 | 7602 |
| kKangXi | 1183.160 |
| kKorean | PI |
| kLau | 2481 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6229 |
| kMandarin | pì |
| kMatthews | 5167 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2328 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024805 |
| kMorohashi | 36019 |
| kNelson | 4445 |
| kPhonetic | 1040 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6723+149.7.13 |
| kRSUnicode | 149.13 |
| kSBGY | 348.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 656.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | pì粵pei3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6229 |
| kTang | piɛ̀ |
| kTGHZ2013 | 282.110:pì |
| kTotalStrokes | 20 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | thí |
| kXerox | 251:172 |
| kXHC1983 | 0870.170:pì |