U+9A98 "骘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+9A98 "骘" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily functions as a verb meaning to assign, arrange, or determine, often in a formal or evaluative context such as assessing talent or ranking officials. It is composed of the radical for horse (马) and the phonetic component "陟" (zhì), which hints at the concept of ascending or promoting. In classical Chinese texts, this character appears in phrases like "评骘" (píng zhì), meaning to critically evaluate or judge, and it retains usage in modern Chinese for formal commentary or appraisal. Its pronunciation in Mandarin is zhì, and it is considered a less common character, typically encountered in literary or scholarly writing rather than everyday conversation.