U+8B02 "謂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+8B02 "謂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily means "to say," "to call," or "to be known as," and it is composed of the radical for speech or words on the left and a phonetic component on the right, reflecting its semantic connection to spoken language and naming. This character is widely used in classical and modern East Asian languages, including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it appears in terms related to referring to something or someone, such as in the phrase "所謂" meaning "so-called" or "what is called." Its historical usage spans philosophical texts like the Analects of Confucius, where it conveys nuanced expressions of definition or attribution, and it remains a common element in formal writing and compound words across these languages.