U+8C12 "谒" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+8C12 "谒" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in both traditional and simplified scripts, primarily meaning "to pay one's respects," "to visit (a superior)," or "to address formally" in classical and modern contexts. Its radical is 讠（言）"speech" on the left, indicating a connection to words or speaking, and its phonetic component is 曷. This character often appears in formal or historical language, such as in terms like "拜谒" (to pay a formal visit or homage). It is classified under the CJK Unified Ideographs block and carries the Unicode codepoint U+8C12, commonly used in East Asian text encoding systems to represent this specific logogram.