U+800D "耍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+800D "耍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meanings of "to play," "to frolic," "to perform tricks," or "to manipulate," often carrying a connotation of clever or mischievous behavior. It is a significant component in words like 玩耍 meaning "to have fun" and 耍猴 referring to a monkey performance or, metaphorically, to playing tricks on someone. The character combines the radical for "and" or "moreover" (而) with the radical for "woman" (女), and its structure is thought to depict the act of someone, often a woman, engaging in playful or theatrical activities, reflecting historical nuances of entertainment and craftiness. In modern usage, it appears in both casual contexts for leisure and in more critical expressions describing deceit or skillful evasion.