U+8A00 "言" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+8A00 "言" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a fundamental logogram in the Chinese writing system, representing the concept of speech, words, or language. Originating from ancient oracle bone script, it depicts a sound or voice emerging from a mouth, and it serves as a common radical in thousands of compound characters related to communication, such as 說 (to speak), 語 (language), and 信 (trust). As a core component of East Asian scripts used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, this character carries deep cultural significance, embodying the power of expression and the value placed on spoken and written discourse in Confucian and literary traditions.
General Properties
Code Point
U+8A00
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
言
HTML Hex Encoding
言
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE8 0xA8 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding
0x8A00
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00008A00
C/C++/Java Escape
\u8a00
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kBigFive
A8A5
kCCCII
215837
kCNS1986
1-4B46
kCNS1992
1-4B46
kCangjie
YMMR
kCantonese
jin4
kCihaiT
1236.503
kCowles
1350
kDaeJaweon
1612.200
kDefinition
words, speech; speak, say; Kangxi radical 149
kEACC
215837
kFanqie
語軒
kFenn
740B
kFennIndex
623.02 650.02
kFourCornerCode
0060.1
kGB0
4952
kGB1
4952
kGradeLevel
4
kGSR
0251a
kHangul
언:0E
kHanYu
63936.010
kHanyuPinlu
yán(307)
kHanyuPinyin
63936.010:yán,yàn,yín
kHDZRadBreak
⾔[U+2F94]:63936.010
kHKGlyph
3750
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63936.010
kIRG_GSource
G0-5154
kIRG_HSource
HB1-A8A5
kIRG_JSource
J0-3840
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-F8BC
kIRG_KSource
K0-656B
kIRG_TSource
T1-4B46
kIRG_VSource
V1-6671
kJapanese
ゲン ゴン ギン いう こと ここに われ
kJoyoKanji
2010
kKoreanEducationHanja
2007
kTGH
2013:826
kJapaneseKun
KOTO IU KOTOBA
kJapaneseOn
GEN GON GIN
kJis0
2432
kKangXi
1146.010
kKarlgren
234
kKorean
EN UN
kLau
3468
kMainlandTelegraph
6056
kMandarin
yán
kMatthews
7334
kMeyerWempe
891
kMojiJoho
MJ024331
kMorohashi
35205
kNelson
4309
kPhonetic
1575
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+1908+149.7.0
kRSUnicode
149.0
kSBGY
115.31
kSemanticVariant
U+8A01
kSMSZD2003Index
641.12 14.13 96.02
kSMSZD2003Readings
yán粵jin4
kTaiwanTelegraph
6056
kTang
*ngiæn
kTGHZ2013
422.040:yán
kTotalStrokes
7
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kVietnamese
ngôn
kXerox
243:162
kXHC1983
1324.040:yán