U+8C09 "谉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8C09 "谉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and obscure Chinese character that belongs to the Kangxi radical 149, which corresponds to "言" (speech or words). It is a simplified character variant, with its traditional form being "讅" (U+8B85), and it is generally considered an archaic or uncommon component in modern Chinese language, often associated with meanings related to careful examination or interrogation, as suggested by its historical usage in classical texts. Currently, it lacks widespread frequency in contemporary digital communications or standard dictionaries, making it more of a curiosity for paleographers and Unicode enthusiasts studying lesser-known CJK ideographs.

General Properties

Code Point U+8C09
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 谉
HTML Hex Encoding 谉
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0xB0 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8C09
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008C09
C/C++/Java Escape \u8c09

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 293478
kCangjie IVJLL
kCantonese sam2
kDefinition to know in detail
kGB8 9486
kHanYu 63992.110
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 63992.110
kIRGKangXi 1188.181
kIRG_GSource G8-7E76
kKangXi 1188.181
kMainlandTelegraph 9300
kMandarin shěn
kRSUnicode 149'.8
kSMSZD2003Index 651.10
kTotalStrokes 10
kTraditionalVariant "讅" U+8B85 CJK Unified Ideograph-#