U+8B74 "譴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8B74 "譴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that corresponds to the simplified form "谴" and carries the core meaning of "to reprimand," "to blame," or "to admonish," often in a formal or severe context. In Classical Chinese and modern literary usage, it appears in words like "譴責" meaning "to condemn" or "to censure," and it is also used in historical contexts such as "天譴" or "divine punishment," reflecting a sense of moral or heavenly retribution. This character belongs to the Kangxi radical 149 (言, meaning "speech") and has 20 strokes, and its phonetic component is 遣 (qiǎn), which contributes to its pronunciation in Mandarin Chinese. As part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block, it is recognized across several East Asian writing systems, though its usage and connotation may vary slightly between languages, notably appearing in Japanese as 譴 (けん, ken) in compounds like "譴責" (kenseki) meaning "reprimand."

General Properties

Code Point U+8B74
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 譴
HTML Hex Encoding 譴
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0xAD 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8B74
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008B74
C/C++/Java Escape \u8b74

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 C4FE
kCCCII 215947
kCNS1986 1-7B2B
kCNS1992 1-7B2B
kCangjie YRYLR
kCantonese hin2
kCihaiT 1256.501
kCowles 1065
kDaeJaweon 1647.210
kDefinition reprimand, scold, abuse
kEACC 215947
kFanqie 去戰
kFourCornerCode 0563.7
kGB1 3920
kGSR 0196f
kHangul 견:0N
kHanYu 64024.020
kHanyuPinlu qiǎn(13)
kHanyuPinyin 64024.020:qiǎn
kHKGlyph 3862
kIICore ATJHKMP
kIRGDaeJaweon 1647.210
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 64024.020
kIRGKangXi 1184.130
kIRG_GSource G1-4734
kIRG_HSource HB1-C4FE
kIRG_JSource J0-6C24
kIRG_KPSource KP0-CEFB
kIRG_KSource K0-4C39
kIRG_TSource T1-7B2B
kIRG_VSource V1-6762
kJapanese ケン せめる
kKoreanName 2015
kJapaneseKun SEMERU
kJapaneseOn KEN
kJis0 7604
kKangXi 1184.130
kKarlgren 382
kKorean KYEN
kLau 1176
kMandarin qiǎn
kMatthews 903
kMeyerWempe 721
kMojiJoho MJ024816 MJ024816:E0101 MJ024815:E0102
kMorohashi 36043 36043:E0101
kNelson 4443
kPhonetic 469
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+6725+149.7.14
kRSUnicode 149.14
kSBGY 409.32
kSimplifiedVariant "谴" U+8C34 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index 656.13
kSMSZD2003Readings qiǎn粵hin2
kTaiwanTelegraph 6232
kTang kiɛ̀n
kTotalStrokes 20
kUnihanCore2020 HJKMPT
kVietnamese khiển
kXerox 264:053