U+8D23 "责" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8D23 "责" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "responsibility," "duty," "blame," or "to require" in modern Mandarin. Its structure combines the radical "贝" (shell, symbolizing wealth or value) with elements suggesting a whip or punishment, reflecting its historical association with demanding repayment or accountability. In classical texts, it often appears in contexts of duty or censure, and it remains a common component in words like 责任 (zé rèn, responsibility) and 责备 (zé bèi, to blame or reproach).

General Properties

Code Point	U+8D23
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	责
HTML Hex Encoding	责
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0xB4 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8D23
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008D23
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8d23

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	27596D
kCangjie	QMBO
kCantonese	zaak3
kDefinition	one's responsibility, duty
kEACC	27596D
kFourCornerCode	5080
kGB0	5280
kHanYu	63626.030
kHanyuPinlu	zé(363)
kIICore	AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	63626.030
kIRGKangXi	1213.211
kIRG_GSource	G0-5470
kTGH	2013:948
kKangXi	1213.211
kMainlandTelegraph	6307
kMandarin	zé
kPhonetic	16* 161*
kRSUnicode	154'.4
kTGHZ2013	460.030:zé
kTotalStrokes	8
kTraditionalVariant	"責" U+8CAC CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020	G
kXHC1983	1444.030:zé