U+8E8A "躊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
躊
U+8E8A "躊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character meaning "to hesitate" or "to be irresolute," often used in the compound word 躊躇 (chóuchú), which describes a state of wavering or indecision. It belongs to the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideographs block, commonly used in traditional writing, and is composed of the radical 足 (foot) on the left suggesting movement and the phonetic component 壽 (shòu) indicating sound and meaning. This character is primarily found in Classical Chinese literature and formal contexts, reflecting a nuanced emotional or behavioral state of pausing before action.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8E8A |
| 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 | 躊 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 躊 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xBA 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8E8A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008E8A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8e8a |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C543 |
| kCCCII | 215B28 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7B2F |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7B2F |
| kCangjie | RMGNI |
| kCantonese | cau4 |
| kCihaiT | 1295.201 |
| kCowles | 487 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1707.270 |
| kDefinition | hesitate, falter; smug, self-satisfied |
| kEACC | 215B28 |
| kFanqie | 直由 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6414.1 |
| kGB1 | 1976 |
| kGradeLevel | 6 |
| kGSR | 1090n |
| kHangul | 주:0N |
| kHanYu | 63745.060 |
| kHanyuPinlu | chóu(24) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 63745.060:chóu |
| kHKGlyph | 4017 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1707.270 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 63745.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1235.090 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-336C |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C543 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6D34 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E9FB |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-714C |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7B2F |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6861 |
| kJapanese | チュウ ジュ ためらう |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | TAMERAU |
| kJapaneseOn | CHUU |
| kJis0 | 7720 |
| kKangXi | 1235.090 |
| kKorean | CWU |
| kMandarin | chóu |
| kMatthews | 1324 |
| kMeyerWempe | 185h |
| kMojiJoho | MJ025467 |
| kMorohashi | 37941 |
| kNelson | 4593 |
| kPhonetic | 1149* |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6835+157.7.14 |
| kRSUnicode | 157.14 |
| kSBGY | 209.37 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "踌" U+8E0C CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 682.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | chóu粵cau4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6486 |
| kTang | djhiou |
| kTotalStrokes | 21 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | trù |
| kXerox | 270:335 |
| kXHC1983 | 0152.061:chóu |