U+8C32 "谲" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
谲
U+8C32 "谲" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily signifies deceit, cunning, or trickery, often used in classical and modern written Chinese to convey the idea of being crafty or treacherous. It is a component of the broader CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideograph set, and in Chinese, it appears in compound words like "诡谲" which means strange and cunning, or "谲诈" meaning fraudulent and sly. The character is also recognized in historical texts and traditional literature, where it can imply unpredictability or a sudden, bewildering change in situation, reflecting its nuanced semantic range beyond simple dishonesty.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8C32 |
| 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 | 谲 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 谲 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xB0 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8C32 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008C32 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8c32 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 27593E |
| kCangjie | IVNHB |
| kCantonese | kyut3 |
| kDefinition | cunning, crafty, sly, wily |
| kEACC | 27593E |
| kFourCornerCode | 3772 |
| kGB0 | 5860 |
| kHanYu | 64022.030 |
| kIICore | CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64022.030 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1188.181 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5A5C |
| kTGH | 2013:5826 |
| kKangXi | 1188.181 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6216 |
| kMandarin | jué |
| kPhonetic | 1450* |
| kRSUnicode | 149'.12 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 189.030:jué |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "譎" U+8B4E CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0619.090:jué |