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詊

cjk unified ideograph-8a4a

Han Character for Artful Speech

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詊 (pàn) is a word for clever, artful speech: it names a way of speaking rather than a reaction. Chinese references also list 𫟟 as its simplified written variant.

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What 詊 means

It describes a style of speaking, not a mood. The Chinese gloss 巧言 means “clever words”: wording shaped to please or persuade. It describes how someone talks without deciding whether the speaker deserves praise or blame.

A Chinese character dictionary notes that 詊 is absent from Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese dictionary, and cites Jiyun, a Chinese rhyme dictionary whose compilation began in 1037. This places it in a Song-era dictionary, but does not establish when the character was first created.

Mandarin Chinese pronounces it pàn, roughly like “pahn” with a falling tone. A pinyin keyboard accepts pàn or pan4; Cangjie lists YRFQ.

How do I type 詊?

Use Mandarin pinyin or the Cangjie input code. Enter pàn or pan4 in a Chinese input method editor (IME), which converts keystrokes into Chinese characters, and choose 詊 from the candidates.

Cangjie is another Chinese character input method; its listed code for 詊 is YRFQ. Fonts may draw the same Han character differently or omit its glyph, but the encoded text still identifies 詊.

Literary and dictionary-like; it names artful speech as a word rather than working as a reaction.

Who writes 詊

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Questions people ask

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Is 詊 an emoji?

No. It is a Han character used as text, without emoji presentation.

Why does 詊 look different in some fonts?

A font may draw the same Han character differently or lack its glyph. The appearance changes, while the text still identifies 詊.

How to type or find 詊

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詊 meaning · 詊 pinyin · pàn · pan4 · 巧言 · clever speech · Cangjie YRFQ · 𫟟
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 8A4A, then AltX to get 詊.
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-8a4a”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 8a4a, then Enter or Space.
HTML
詊
CSS
\8A4A
Pinyin
Enter pàn or pan4 in a Mandarin pinyin input method and choose 詊 from the candidate list.
Cangjie
Enter YRFQ in the Cangjie Chinese character input method to select 詊.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
詊
HTML hex
詊
CSS content
content: "\8A4A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E8%A9%8A
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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.

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