U+8CAA "貪" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+8CAA "貪" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a logogram used in various East Asian writing systems, most commonly in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, where it carries the core meaning of greed, avarice, or excessive desire for material wealth. Structurally, it is a compound character composed of the radical for shell or money (貝) on top, which signifies wealth, and the component for "present" or "today" (今) below, suggesting an immediate craving for possessions. In classical texts and modern usage, it often appears in terms like "貪婪" (tānlán) for avarice or "貪心" (tānxīn) for covetousness, and it holds cultural significance as a negative moral quality in Confucian and Buddhist teachings, where it is identified as one of the root causes of suffering. The character is encoded in the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) Unified Ideographs block of the Unicode Standard, enabling consistent representation across digital platforms.