U+8BC5 "诅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8BC5 "诅" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to curse" or "to swear," often used in the context of invoking a spell or uttering a malevolent wish against someone. It is a simplified form derived from the traditional character 詛, and its structure combines the speech radical 讠 (yán) on the left with the phonetic component 且 (qiě) on the right, suggesting a connection to spoken words of harm. In classical Chinese literature and common expression, it appears in terms like 诅咒 (zǔzhòu), meaning "curse" or "malediction," and carries a strong negative connotation tied to ancient beliefs in verbal magic or vilification. This character is encoded in the CJK Unified Ideographs block of the Unicode Standard, supporting its use in modern digital text across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems.