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

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+8BEF "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character pronounced "wù" in Mandarin and carries the primary meaning of "mistake," "error," or "to miss." It is commonly used in modern Chinese language within words such as "错误" (cuòwù, meaning mistake or error) and "误会" (wùhuì, meaning misunderstanding). The character is composed of the radical 讠 (言, yán, representing speech or words) on the left, and the phonetic component 吴 (wú) on the right, reflecting both a semantic connection to verbal communication and a phonetic clue to its pronunciation. This character belongs to the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) Unified Ideographs block in the Unicode standard, enabling its representation across digital platforms for texts in East Asian languages.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
误
HTML Hex Encoding
误
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE8 0xAF 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding
0x8BEF
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00008BEF
C/C++/Java Escape
\u8bef

Unihan Properties

kCCCII
275871
kCangjie
IVRMK
kCantonese
ng6
kDefinition
err, make mistake; interfere
kEACC
275871
kFourCornerCode
3678
kGB0
4683
kHanYu
63976.040
kHanyuPinlu
wù(478) wu(33)
kIICore
AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
63976.040
kIRG_GSource
G0-4E73
kTGH
2013:1714
kKangXi
1188.181
kMainlandTelegraph
6137
kMandarin
kPhonetic
948*
kRSUnicode
149'.7
kTGHZ2013
390.060:wù
kTotalStrokes
9
kUnihanCore2020
G
kXHC1983
1223.070:wù