U+66C8 "曈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
曈
U+66C8 "曈" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that originally appears in classical texts and is associated with the imagery of the sun rising or the brightness of dawn, often conveying a sense of early morning light or the first glimmer of daylight. In modern usage, it is a relatively rare character, typically found in literary or historical contexts rather than everyday language. The character is composed of the sun radical on the left, indicating its connection to daylight, while the right side provides phonetic and semantic nuances. Its overall meaning centers on the idea of the sun just beginning to shine, symbolizing hope and a new beginning.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+66C8 |
| 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 | 曈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 曈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x9B 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x66C8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000066C8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u66c8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | E9B3 |
| kCCCII | 22394E |
| kCNS1986 | 2-573E |
| kCNS1992 | 2-573E |
| kCangjie | AYTG |
| kCantonese | tung4 |
| kCihaiT | 647.505 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0870.110 |
| kDefinition | twilight just before sunrise |
| kEACC | 22394E |
| kFanqie | 徒紅 他紅 他孔 |
| kFourCornerCode | 6001.4 |
| kGB3 | 4017 |
| kHangul | 동:N |
| kHanYu | 21537.080 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21537.080:tóng |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0870.110 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21537.080 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0500.160 |
| kIRG_GSource | G3-4831 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-E9B3 |
| kIRG_JSource | J13-7548 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-49E1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-3936 |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-573E |
| kJapanese | トウ ツ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:7861 |
| kJIS0213 | 1,85,40 |
| kJapaneseKun | HONOGURAI |
| kJapaneseOn | TOU TSU |
| kJis1 | 3466 |
| kKangXi | 0500.160 |
| kMandarin | tóng |
| kMatthews | 6628 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3616a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ013425 MJ013425:E0101 MJ057680:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 14175 14175:E0101 |
| kPhonetic | 1406 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+14611+72.4.12 |
| kRSUnicode | 72.12 |
| kSBGY | 023.32 031.34 236.20 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 296.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | tóng粵tung4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2559 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 370.100:tóng |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHMT |
| kXerox | 311:171 |
| kXHC1983 | 1151.030:tóng |