U+8E0C "踌" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
踌
U+8E0C "踌" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to hesitate" or "to be undecided," often appearing in the compound word "踌躇" (chóuchú), which describes a state of indecision or nervous pacing. Its structure combines the "foot" radical (足) on the left with the phonetic component "寿" on the right, reflecting its connection to movement and halting actions. This character is used in both traditional and simplified Chinese writing, and it appears in classical literature as well as modern contexts to convey a sense of wavering or deliberation before making a choice.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8E0C |
| 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 | 踌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 踌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xB8 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8E0C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008E0C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8e0c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 275B28 |
| kCangjie | RMQKI |
| kCantonese | cau4 |
| kDefinition | hesitate, falter; smug, self-satisfied |
| kEACC | 275B28 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6514 |
| kGB0 | 1976 |
| kHanYu | 63707.060 |
| kHanyuPinlu | chóu(24) |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63707.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1227.091 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-336C |
| kIRG_JSource | J4-793E |
| kJapanese | チュウ ためらう |
| kTGH | 2013:5702 |
| kJIS0213 | 2,89,30 |
| kKangXi | 1227.091 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 6486 |
| kMandarin | chóu |
| kMojiJoho | MJ025335 |
| kPhonetic | 1149 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+18723+157.7.7 |
| kRSUnicode | 157.7 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 677.15 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 048.160:chóu |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "躊" U+8E8A CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0152.060:chóu |