U+8C15 "谕" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8C15 "谕" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily functions as a verb meaning to instruct, inform, or explain, often in a formal or authoritative context, and it is composed of a speech or words radical on the left and a phonetic component on the right. Historically, it appears in classical texts and official documents, such as imperial edicts or decrees, where it conveys the sense of a superior making a proclamation or admonishing subordinates. In modern usage, it is less common in everyday language but persists in formal written Chinese, particularly in phrases like "谕旨" (imperial edict) or metaphorical expressions of enlightenment, and it is also used in Japanese as a kanji with similar connotations. This character belongs to the CJK Unified Ideographs block and is encoded for digital representation across East Asian writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+8C15
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 谕
HTML Hex Encoding 谕
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0xB0 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8C15
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008C15
C/C++/Java Escape \u8c15

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 275930
kCangjie IVOMN
kCantonese jyu6
kDefinition proclaim, instruct; edict
kEACC 275930
kFourCornerCode 3872
kGB0 5845
kHanYu 64000.010
kIICore CG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 64000.010
kIRGKangXi 1188.181
kIRG_GSource G0-5A4D
kTGH 2013:5004
kKangXi 1188.181
kMainlandTelegraph 6170
kMandarin
kPhonetic 1611*
kRSUnicode 149'.9
kTGHZ2013 449.080:yù
kTotalStrokes 11
kTraditionalVariant "諭" U+8AED CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020 G
kXHC1983 1416.050:yù