U+8B84 "讄" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8B84 "讄" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and archaic Chinese character that primarily refers to a form of prayer or supplication in ancient texts, often specifically denoting a type of ritualistic pleading or invocation to spirits or deities. Its usage is documented in classical Chinese literature, where it carries connotations of earnest or solemn entreaty, and it is represented by the radical for speech or words combined with other components that emphasize repetition or accumulation, reflecting the idea of repeated or persistent prayer. This character is not commonly used in modern standard Chinese, but it appears in specialized contexts such as the study of historical linguistics or ancient ritual texts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8B84
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	讄
HTML Hex Encoding	讄
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0xAE 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8B84
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008B84
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8b84

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

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kCCCII	23347E
kCNS1986	2-6E26
kCNS1992	2-6E26
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kCantonese	leoi5
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kGSR	0577h
kHanYu	64029.140
kHanyuPinyin	64029.140:lěi
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	64029.140
kIRGKangXi	1186.010
kIRG_GSource	G5-732B
kIRG_HSource	HB2-F757
kIRG_JSource	J1-5E58
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-77CA
kIRG_KSource	K2-6166
kIRG_TSource	T2-6E26
kJapanese	ルイ
kJapaneseKun	INORU
kJapaneseOn	RU I
kJis1	6256
kKangXi	1186.010
kMandarin	lěi
kMojiJoho	MJ024834
kMorohashi	36098
kPhonetic	841*
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+22563+149.7.15
kRSUnicode	149.15
kSBGY	249.20
kTotalStrokes	22
kUnihanCore2020	HMT