U+8BF7 "请" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8BF7 "请" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that represents the concept of requesting, inviting, or politely asking someone to do something. Commonly used in modern Mandarin, it serves as a respectful marker in phrases like "请进" (please come in) or "请坐" (please sit down), and it is also a key component in words such as "请求" (request) and "邀请" (invitation). This character reflects the importance of politeness and social etiquette in Chinese language and culture, functioning as a verbal gesture of courtesy in both written and spoken communication.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8BF7
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	请
HTML Hex Encoding	请
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0xAF 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8BF7
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008BF7
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8bf7

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	27587A
kCangjie	IVQMB
kCantonese	cing2
kDefinition	ask, request; invite; please
kEACC	27587A
kFourCornerCode	3572
kGB0	3975
kHanYu	63981.040
kHanyuPinlu	qǐng(585)
kIICore	AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	63981.040
kIRGKangXi	1188.181
kIRG_GSource	G0-476B
kTGH	2013:2108
kKangXi	1188.181
kMainlandTelegraph	6153
kMandarin	qǐng
kPhonetic	203*
kRSUnicode	149'.8
kTGHZ2013	304.110:qǐng
kTotalStrokes	10
kTraditionalVariant	"請" U+8ACB CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	0936.010:qǐng