U+8C18 "谘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
谘
U+8C18 "谘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that functions as a verb meaning to consult, deliberate, or seek advice, often used in formal or respectful contexts. It is composed of the radical 讠 (speech) on the left, indicating its association with spoken communication, and the phonetic component 咨 (zī) on the right, which provides a clue to its pronunciation. In modern usage, this character appears in words like "咨询" (zīxún), meaning to consult or seek information, and is commonly found in bureaucratic, academic, or professional settings where collaborative discussion or formal inquiry is implied.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8C18 |
| 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 | 谘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 谘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xB0 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8C18 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008C18 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8c18 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 293348 |
| kCangjie | IVIOR |
| kCantonese | zi1 |
| kDefinition | consult, confer; communicate in |
| kEACC | 4B3622 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3776 |
| kGB0 | 5849 |
| kHanYu | 64000.180 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64000.180 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1188.181 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5A51 |
| kKangXi | 1188.181 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6171 |
| kMandarin | zī |
| kPhonetic | 128* |
| kRSUnicode | 149'.9 |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "諮" U+8AEE CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |