U+8BA8 "讨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
讨
U+8BA8 "讨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that serves as a simplified form of the traditional character 討. Pronounced as "tǎo" in Mandarin, it primarily means to discuss, to demand, or to seek, and is commonly used in words like 讨论 (discussion) and 讨厌 (to dislike or be annoying). Its structure combines the radical 讠 (speech) on the left, indicating language or speaking, with the phonetic component 寸 on the right, which subtly contributes to its sound and meaning of measuring or investigating. This character is widely employed in both formal and everyday Chinese contexts to convey actions related to exploring, negotiating, or condemning.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8BA8 |
| 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 | 讨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 讨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xAE 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8BA8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008BA8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8ba8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 27583D |
| kCangjie | IVDI |
| kCantonese | tou2 |
| kDefinition | to discuss; ask for, beg; demand; dun; marry |
| kEACC | 27583D |
| kFourCornerCode | 3470 |
| kGB0 | 4454 |
| kHanYu | 63940.070 |
| kHanyuPinlu | tǎo(278) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63940.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1188.181 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4C56 |
| kTGH | 2013:315 |
| kKangXi | 1188.181 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6062 |
| kMandarin | tǎo |
| kRSUnicode | 149'.3 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 362.080:tǎo |
| kTotalStrokes | 5 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "討" U+8A0E CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 1122.100:tǎo |