U+8B9F "讟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8B9F "讟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and highly complex Chinese character, primarily found in classical or archaic texts rather than in modern usage. It is composed of the radical for "words" or "speech" (言) combined with other elements, and its traditional meaning relates to slander, blame, or expressing resentment and complaint. This character carries a strong connotation of vehement verbal accusation or reproach, often implying a sense of bitterness or grievance. Because of its obscurity and difficulty, it is seldom used in contemporary Chinese writing, but it appears in historical dictionaries and specialized linguistic studies of ancient Chinese literature.

General Properties

Code Point U+8B9F
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 讟
HTML Hex Encoding 讟
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0xAE 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8B9F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008B9F
C/C++/Java Escape \u8b9f

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 F9C8
kCCCII 23353A
kCNS1986 2-7236
kCNS1992 2-7236
kCangjie YRGCR
kCantonese duk6
kCihaiT 1259.603
kCowles 4262
kDaeJaweon 1652.160
kDefinition slander, utter evil words
kEACC 23353A
kFanqie 徒谷
kFenn 864F
kFennIndex 534.07 567.07
kFourCornerCode 0066.1
kGSR 1023n
kHanYu 64035.090
kHanyuPinyin 64035.090:dú
kIRGDaeJaweon 1652.160
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 64035.090
kIRGKangXi 1188.150
kIRG_GSource GE-4D43
kIRG_HSource HB2-F9C8
kIRG_JSource J1-5E61
kIRG_KPSource KP1-77FA
kIRG_KSource K2-6173
kIRG_TSource T2-7236
kJapanese トク ドク トウ
kJapaneseKun URAMU
kJapaneseOn TOKU DOKU TOU
kJis1 6265
kKangXi 1188.150
kMandarin
kMatthews 6522
kMeyerWempe 3587
kMojiJoho MJ024865
kMorohashi 36179
kPhonetic 1395
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+19823+149.7.22
kRSUnicode 149.22
kSBGY 449.02
kSimplifiedVariant "𮙋" U+2E64B CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index 658.08
kSMSZD2003Readings dú粵duk6
kTaiwanTelegraph 6251
kTotalStrokes 29
kUnihanCore2020 HMT
kXerox 300:344
kXHC1983 0267.011:dú