U+8BC2 "诂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
诂
U+8BC2 "诂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the concept of explaining or glossing ancient texts, often referring to the interpretation of words or passages from classical literature. In modern usage, it appears in terms like "训诂" (xùngǔ), which denotes the scholarly practice of semantic analysis and annotation of classical Chinese writings. The character is composed of the radical for speech or words on the left, indicating its connection to language and communication, and a phonetic component on the right that suggests its pronunciation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8BC2 |
| 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 | 诂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 诂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xAF 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8BC2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008BC2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8bc2 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 275851 |
| kCangjie | IVJR |
| kCantonese | gu2 |
| kDefinition | exegesis, explanation; explain |
| kEACC | 275851 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3476 |
| kGB0 | 5812 |
| kHanYu | 63952.080 |
| kIICore | CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63952.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1188.181 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5A2C |
| kTGH | 2013:3794 |
| kKangXi | 1188.181 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6089 |
| kMandarin | gǔ |
| kRSUnicode | 149'.5 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 118.010:gǔ |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "詁" U+8A41 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0397.010:gǔ |