U+8FA7 "辧" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+8FA7 "辧" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a complex Chinese character that primarily means to distinguish, differentiate, or argue, often carrying the connotation of legal argumentation or the act of debating and clarifying facts through speech. It is composed of the radical for "辛" (bitter or pungent, often associated with legal or punitive contexts) surrounding the inner element "言" (speech or words), visually suggesting the concept of making a case through spoken argument. While less common in modern simplified Chinese, where the character "辩" is typically used instead, this traditional variant appears in classical texts, literature, and formal writing, particularly in contexts related to law, philosophy, or scholarly discourse. Its usage underscores the historical importance of detailed verbal reasoning in East Asian intellectual traditions.

General Properties

Code Point U+8FA7
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 辧
HTML Hex Encoding 辧
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE8 0xBE 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding 0x8FA7
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00008FA7
C/C++/Java Escape \u8fa7

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 2D5B5E
kCNS1986 E-5326
kCNS1992 3-5326
kCangjie YJSHJ
kCantonese bin6
kDaeJaweon 1731.110
kDefinition manage, do, handle; deal with
kEACC 2D5B5E
kFourCornerCode 0044.1
kGSR 0219c
kHanYu 64042.040
kIRGDaeJaweon 1731.110
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 64042.040
kIRGKangXi 1251.190
kIRG_GSource GE-4F25
kIRG_HSource H-8C4F
kIRG_JSource J0-5221
kIRG_TSource T3-5326
kJapanese ベン わける
kJapaneseKun KANMURI WAKERU WAKIMAERU
kJapaneseOn BEN
kJis0 5001
kKangXi 1251.190
kMandarin biàn
kMojiJoho MJ025738
kMorohashi 38656
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+4278+18.2.14 C+4278+160.7.9
kRSUnicode 160.9
kTotalStrokes 16
kUnihanCore2020 HJ