U+66CD "曍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
曍
U+66CD "曍" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used in classical and literary contexts, primarily representing meanings related to brightness, sunlight, or radiance. This ideograph is composed of the radical for "sun" (日) as a semantic component, suggesting its association with light or day, combined with a phonetic element that contributes to its pronunciation, often read as "gǎo" in Mandarin. While not commonly used in modern everyday writing, it appears in historical texts, poetry, or specialized vocabulary where luminous or shining qualities are described, reflecting its role in conveying vivid imagery within the rich tapestry of Chinese script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+66CD |
| 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 | 曍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 曍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x9B 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x66CD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000066CD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u66cd |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 2E3936 |
| kCNS1986 | E-5122 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-5122 |
| kCangjie | AHUJ |
| kCantonese | hou6 |
| kDefinition | bright, brilliant |
| kEACC | 2E3936 |
| kHanYu | 21536.111 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21536.111 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0500.251 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-3B7D |
| kIRG_HSource | H-FB50 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-057679 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-5122 |
| kJapanese | コウ |
| kKangXi | 0500.251 |
| kMandarin | hào |
| kMatthews | 2074 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ057679 |
| kPhonetic | 639 |
| kRSUnicode | 72.12 |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | H |