U+8B91 "讑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8B91 "讑" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and archaic Chinese character that falls under the "CJK Unified Ideographs" block, representing a logogram used in classical Chinese texts. Its composition typically involves the radical for speech or words, 言 (yán), suggesting a meaning related to speaking or verbal expression. Specifically, this character is believed to denote the act of teaching or instructing, though it is not commonly used in modern Chinese, Japanese, or Korean writing. Due to its obscurity, "讑" is rarely found in contemporary dictionaries or digital fonts, and its precise historical usage remains largely confined to specialized lexicographical records or ancient literature.

General Properties

Code Point U+8B91
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 讑
HTML Hex Encoding 讑
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0xAE 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8B91
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008B91
C/C++/Java Escape \u8b91

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

kCCCII 23352F
kCNS1986 E-607B
kCNS1992 3-607B
kCangjie YROMB
kCantonese jiu6
kDaeJaweon 1651.110
kFanqie 弋照
kGB3 8420
kHanYu 64032.030
kHanyuPinyin 64032.030:yào
kIRGDaeJaweon 1651.110
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 64032.030
kIRGKangXi 1187.080
kIRG_GSource G3-7434
kIRG_JSource JMJ-024850
kIRG_KPSource KP1-77EB
kIRG_KSource K2-616C
kIRG_TSource T3-607B
kJapanese ヨウ
kKangXi 1187.080
kMandarin yào
kMojiJoho MJ024850
kMorohashi 36136
kRSUnicode 149.17
kSBGY 413.56
kSimplifiedVariant "𰶏" U+30D8F CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kTaiwanTelegraph 9226
kTotalStrokes 24
kXerox 313:374