U+8A82 "誂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8A82 "誂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram used in classical written Chinese and occasionally in modern Japanese, where it is read as "tō" in on'yomi and as "itsuwaru" in kun'yomi, meaning to slander, accuse falsely, or deceive. This character belongs to the Han script family, representing a concept rooted in speech or language, as indicated by its left radical 言 (speech), combined with the phonetic component 兆 (兆, commonly meaning omen or trillion), which influences its pronunciation rather than its meaning. Historically, it appears in literary texts conveying dishonest communication or betrayal, though its usage in contemporary Chinese is rare, having been largely replaced by more common characters like 誣 (wū) for false accusation. In Unicode, it is encoded under the CJK Unified Ideographs block, specifically for ideographs used in China, Japan, and Korea, ensuring digital representation for preservation and scholarly study.