U+8C16 "谖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
谖
U+8C16 "谖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meanings of "to forget," "to deceive," or "to be careless," often appearing in classical literary contexts. It is composed of the radical "讠" (speech) on the left, indicating its association with language or words, and the phonetic component "爰" on the right. In historical usage, the character can be found in texts like the "Classic of Poetry," where it appears in the phrase "谖草" referring to a herb believed to help one forget worries. This character is rarely used in modern Chinese, but its nuanced meanings of forgetfulness and deceit are preserved in traditional and literary works.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8C16 |
| 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 | 谖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 谖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xB0 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8C16 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008C16 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8c16 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 29335D |
| kCangjie | IVBME |
| kCantonese | hyun1 |
| kDefinition | forget; lie, cheat, deceive |
| kEACC | 29335D |
| kFourCornerCode | 3274 |
| kGB0 | 5846 |
| kHanYu | 64000.060 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64000.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1188.181 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5A4E |
| kTGH | 2013:5005 |
| kKangXi | 1188.181 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6178 |
| kMandarin | xuān |
| kRSUnicode | 149'.9 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 414.100:xuān |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "諼" U+8AFC CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 1305.090:xuān |