U+8BD4 "诔" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
诔
U+8BD4 "诔" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a noun meaning a funeral eulogy or elegiac address, specifically a formal composition recited or written in praise of the deceased, often used in classical Chinese literature. It is composed of the radical for "speech" or "words" on the left and a phonetic component on the right, reflecting its connection to verbal or written tribute. Historically, the character appears in ancient texts such as the "Records of the Grand Historian" and is associated with the ritual of mourning, where a "诔" would be delivered to honor the dead. In modern usage, it is less common but retains its literary and ceremonial significance in contexts related to memorial writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8BD4 |
| 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 | 诔 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 诔 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xAF 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8BD4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008BD4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8bd4 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 29325D |
| kCangjie | IVQD |
| kCantonese | loi6 |
| kDefinition | eulogize, praise the dead |
| kEACC | 29325D |
| kFourCornerCode | 3579 |
| kGB0 | 5819 |
| kHanYu | 63960.110 |
| kIICore | CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63960.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1188.181 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5A33 |
| kTGH | 2013:4039 |
| kKangXi | 1188.181 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6120 |
| kMandarin | lěi |
| kPhonetic | 830 |
| kRSUnicode | 149'.6 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 213.040:lěi |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "誄" U+8A84 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0686.020:lěi |