U+8BB4 "讴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8BB4 "讴" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to sing" or "a song" and is often associated with the concept of chanting or praising in verse. It is composed of the radical "讠," which signifies speech or language, and the phonetic component "区," which contributes to its pronunciation as "ōu" in Mandarin. Historically, this character appears in classical Chinese poetry and texts to describe melodic recitation or folk songs, and it remains in use in modern Chinese for terms related to singing, such as "讴歌" meaning to eulogize or extol.