U+8BEF "误" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+8BEF "误" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character pronounced "wù" in Mandarin and carries the primary meaning of "mistake," "error," or "to miss." It is commonly used in modern Chinese language within words such as "错误" (cuòwù, meaning mistake or error) and "误会" (wùhuì, meaning misunderstanding). The character is composed of the radical 讠 (言, yán, representing speech or words) on the left, and the phonetic component 吴 (wú) on the right, reflecting both a semantic connection to verbal communication and a phonetic clue to its pronunciation. This character belongs to the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) Unified Ideographs block in the Unicode standard, enabling its representation across digital platforms for texts in East Asian languages.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
误 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
误 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE8 0xAF 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x8BEF |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00008BEF |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u8bef |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII |
275871 |
| kCangjie |
IVRMK |
| kCantonese |
ng6 |
| kDefinition |
err, make mistake; interfere |
| kEACC |
275871 |
| kFourCornerCode |
3678 |
| kGB0 |
4683 |
| kHanYu |
63976.040 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
wù(478) wu(33) |
| kIICore |
AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
63976.040 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1188.181 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-4E73 |
| kTGH |
2013:1714 |
| kKangXi |
1188.181 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
6137 |
| kMandarin |
wù |
| kPhonetic |
948* |
| kRSUnicode |
149'.7 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
390.060:wù |
| kTotalStrokes |
9 |
| kTraditionalVariant |
"誤" U+8AA4 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
G |
| kXHC1983 |
1223.070:wù |