U+8B7C "譼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
譼
U+8B7C "譼" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and complex Chinese character primarily used in classical or historical texts rather than in modern standard Chinese. It is a variant form of the character that relates to the concept of supervising, inspecting, or overseeing, often associated with verbs like "to watch" or "to guard." In the context of traditional Chinese, this character conveys the idea of careful observation or governance, and its structure combines components that signify speech and a visual reference, though its usage has largely faded in favor of more common characters such as "监" or "督" in contemporary writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8B7C |
| 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 | 譼 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 譼 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xAD 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8B7C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008B7C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8b7c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCNS1986 | E-5E63 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-5E63 |
| kCangjie | SWYMR |
| kCantonese | gaam1 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1648.140 |
| kDefinition | to supervise to confine a government establishment |
| kHanYu | 64027.080 |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1648.140 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64027.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1185.050 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-4D38 |
| kIRG_JSource | J1-5E55 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-77A9 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-5E63 |
| kJapanese | カン |
| kJapaneseOn | KAN |
| kJis1 | 6253 |
| kKangXi | 1185.050 |
| kMandarin | jiàn |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024825 |
| kMorohashi | 36064 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+19820+149.7.15 |
| kRSUnicode | 149.14 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "䛓" U+46D3 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kTotalStrokes | 21 |