U+8BB6 "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+8BB6 "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that belongs to the CJK (Chinese Japanese Korean) unified ideographs block. It is composed of the radical for "speech" or "words" on the left and the phonetic component "牙" on the right, and its primary meanings include "to be surprised," "to wonder," or "to express astonishment." In modern Mandarin, this character is commonly used in words such as "惊讶" (jīng yà) meaning "amazed" or "astonished," and it carries a sense of sudden emotional reaction to unexpected information. The character has been in use for centuries in classical and modern Chinese literature, maintaining a consistent semantic focus on surprise or marvel.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
讶
HTML Hex Encoding
讶
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE8 0xAE 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding
0x8BB6
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00008BB6
C/C++/Java Escape
\u8bb6

Unihan Properties

kCCCII
275846
kCangjie
IVMVH
kCantonese
ngaa6
kDefinition
express surprise, be surprised
kEACC
275846
kFourCornerCode
3174
kGB0
4940
kHanYu
63945.040
kHanyuPinlu
yà(33)
kIICore
AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63945.040
kIRG_GSource
G0-5148
kTGH
2013:553
kKangXi
1188.181
kMainlandTelegraph
6074
kMandarin
kPhonetic
951*
kRSUnicode
149'.4
kTGHZ2013
420.150:yà
kTotalStrokes
6
kUnihanCore2020
G
kXHC1983
1322.010:yà