U+8C34 "谴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+8C34 "谴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to reprimand," "to blame," or "to rebuke," and it is commonly used in formal or classical contexts to express a severe scolding or censure. This character is part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block and has a radical of 讠 (speech) on the left, indicating its connection to spoken or written expression, with a right side that provides phonetic cues. In modern usage, it appears in words like "谴责" (qiǎnzé), meaning "to condemn" or "to denounce," and is often found in news reports or legal language to describe official criticism or moral reproach. The character is also used in Japanese as part of kanji vocabulary, though less frequently, and it carries a formal, authoritative tone across East Asian languages.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
谴 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
谴 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE8 0xB0 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x8C34 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00008C34 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u8c34 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII |
275947 |
| kCangjie |
IVYLR |
| kCantonese |
hin2 |
| kDefinition |
reprimand, scold, abuse |
| kEACC |
275947 |
| kFourCornerCode |
3573 |
| kGB0 |
3920 |
| kHanYu |
64024.030 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
qiǎn(13) |
| kIICore |
AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
64024.030 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1188.181 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-4734 |
| kTGH |
2013:3307 |
| kKangXi |
1188.181 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
6232 |
| kMandarin |
qiǎn |
| kPhonetic |
469* |
| kRSUnicode |
149'.13 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
297.020:qiǎn |
| kTotalStrokes |
15 |
| kTraditionalVariant |
"譴" U+8B74 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
G |
| kXHC1983 |
0915.040:qiǎn |