U+8BD8 "诘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8BD8 "诘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meanings of "to question" or "to interrogate," often found in formal or literary contexts. It can also imply scolding or reprimanding, as seen in classical texts and modern expressions like "诘问" meaning to interrogate. Additionally, in certain contexts, this character has a secondary reading indicating a "twisted" or "wrong" state, though its strongest association remains with verbal scrutiny or cross-examination.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8BD8
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	诘
HTML Hex Encoding	诘
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0xAF 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8BD8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008BD8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8bd8

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	27585D
kCangjie	IVGR
kCantonese	kit3
kDefinition	question, interrogate
kEACC	27585D
kFourCornerCode	3476
kGB0	5821
kHanYu	63962.010
kIICore	CG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	63962.010
kIRGKangXi	1188.181
kIRG_GSource	G0-5A35
kTGH	2013:4041
kKangXi	1188.181
kMainlandTelegraph	6113
kMandarin	jié
kPhonetic	582*
kRSUnicode	149'.6
kTGHZ2013	173.030:jié
kTotalStrokes	8
kTraditionalVariant	"詰" U+8A70 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	0526.010:jí 0576.080:jié