U+5149 "光" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
光
U+5149 "光" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that means "light," "radiance," or "brightness" and is widely used in East Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. It symbolizes illumination or brilliance, often appearing in words related to sunlight, glow, or glory, and it plays a significant role in cultural and philosophical contexts, such as in the concept of "guangming" (brightness or hope). This character is composed of radical elements that visually suggest a person or flame casting light, highlighting its graphical representation of luminance and clarity across written scripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5149 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 光 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 光 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x85 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5149 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005149 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5149 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A5FA |
| kCCCII | 213272 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-473C |
| kCNS1992 | 1-473C |
| kCangjie | FMU |
| kCantonese | gwong1 |
| kCihaiT | 135.401 |
| kCowles | 2105 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0262.010 |
| kDefinition | light, brilliant, shine; only |
| kEACC | 213272 |
| kFanqie | 古黃 古曠 |
| kFenn | 390A |
| kFennIndex | 269.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 9021.1 |
| kGB0 | 2566 |
| kGB1 | 2566 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0706a |
| kHangul | 광:0E |
| kHanYu | 10266.070 |
| kHanyuPinlu | guāng(1636) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10266.070:guāng,guàng |
| kHKGlyph | 0265 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0262.010 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10266.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0124.060 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3962 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A5FA |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3877 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D4AA |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4E43 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-473C |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4C3D |
| kJapanese | コウ ひかる ひかり |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:417 |
| kJapaneseKun | HIKARU HIKARI |
| kJapaneseOn | KOU |
| kJis0 | 2487 |
| kKangXi | 0124.060 |
| kKarlgren | 451 |
| kKorean | KWANG |
| kLau | 1050 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0342 |
| kMandarin | guāng |
| kMatthews | 3583 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1414 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007221 |
| kMorohashi | 01350 |
| kNelson | 1358 |
| kPhonetic | 749 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1963+10.2.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 10.4 |
| kSBGY | 181.45 428.42 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 44.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | guāng粵gwong1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0342 |
| kTang | *guɑng guɑng |
| kTGHZ2013 | 122.160:guāng |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | quang |
| kXerox | 242:133 |
| kXHC1983 | 0412.040:guāng |