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訳

cjk unified ideograph-8a33

Japanese kanji 訳

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訳 is the Japanese kanji for translation or interpretation; alone, it can mean a reason or explanation, read わけ (roughly wa-ke). The Eastern Han Chinese dictionary Shuowen Jiezi defines 譯 as conveying foreign words. Japan standardized 訳 in 1946; mainland China uses 译.

Text symbol

What 訳 means

訳 is the cjk unified ideograph-8a33. Unicode classifies it as a letter and files it in the CJK Unified Ideographs block; this site shelves it under Chinese, Japanese & Korean.

Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.

How it is encoded

訳 is a single code point, U8A33. In HTML that is 訳, and in CSS \8A33.

Japan standardized 訳 in the 1946 reform; 譯 remains the traditional Chinese form.

In Japanese, use 訳; 译 is the simplified Chinese form.

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Who writes 訳

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What it means when someone sends it to you

4 readings

Written translation.

Don't confuse it with

2

Questions people ask

1

Why does 訳 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type or find 訳

Also called
やく · わけ · yaku
Search it as
yakusu · honyaku · tsuuyaku · iiwake · translation · translate · interpret
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 8A33, then AltX to get 訳.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “cjk unified ideograph-8a33”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 8a33, then Enter or Space.
HTML
訳
CSS
\8A33
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
訳
HTML hex
訳
CSS content
content: "\8A33";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E8%A8%B3
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

2

Chinese characters99,354 symbols

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols