U+8BA5 "讥" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8BA5 "讥" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to ridicule," "to satirize," or "to mock." It is composed of the radical 讠 (speech) on the left, indicating its connection to spoken or written expression, and the phonetic component 几 on the right. In modern Mandarin, "讥" often appears in compound words such as 讥笑 (jīxiào, meaning "to sneer" or "to laugh at") and 讥讽 (jīfěng, meaning "to satirize" or "to taunt"), conveying a tone of harsh or pointed criticism. This character is classified under the Kangxi radical for speech and is widely used in both formal and informal contexts to describe scornful or derisive commentary.