U+8BE7 "诧" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8BE7 "诧" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily meaning "to be surprised" or "to be astonished." It is composed of the radical 讠 (speech) on the left and the phonetic component 宅 (zhái) on the right, effectively linking the concept of verbal expression to a sense of shock or wonder. In modern Mandarin, this character is commonly used in words like 诧异 (chàyì), meaning "amazement" or "startlement," and it appears in classical texts as well as contemporary writing to convey a sudden emotional reaction of surprise. The character falls under the CJK Unified Ideographs block in Unicode, representing one of the many logograms shared across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean scripts.