U+7081 "炁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+7081 "炁" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and ancient Chinese character that represents a metaphysical concept of primordial energy or vital force, closely related to the more common term "qi" (氣). In Daoist philosophy and traditional Chinese cosmology, 炁 specifically denotes the original, undifferentiated energy that existed before the creation of the universe, often associated with spiritual cultivation, alchemy, and the breath of life. Unlike the standard character 氣, which refers to air or breath in a physical sense, 炁 carries a deeper, esoteric meaning tied to cosmic and inner spiritual essence, and it is occasionally used in classical texts or modern contexts involving mysticism and traditional medicine. Its structure combines the radical for fire (火) with the element for nothingness or emptiness (无), visually symbolizing the formless, radiant energy at the core of existence.

General Properties

Code Point	U+7081
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	炁
HTML Hex Encoding	炁
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE7 0x82 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding	0x7081
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00007081
C/C++/Java Escape	\u7081

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Han
Script Extensions	Han
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter
Ideographic	Yes
Unified Ideograph	Yes

Unihan Properties

kCCCII	22504A
kCNS1986	E-2977
kCNS1992	3-2977
kCangjie	MUF
kCantonese	hei3
kCihaiT	843.605
kDaeJaweon	1076.040
kDefinition	breath, air, steam, gas. weather. used in Taoist charms
kEACC	22504A
kFanqie	去旣
kGB5	3491
kHangul	기:1N
kHanYu	32194.080
kHanyuPinyin	32194.080:qì
kIRGDaeJaweon	1076.040
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	32194.080
kIRGKangXi	0666.270
kIRG_GSource	G5-427B
kIRG_HSource	H-FDE3
kIRG_JSource	J14-6F5C
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-54C9
kIRG_KSource	K1-5B73
kIRG_TSource	T3-2977
kJapanese	キ
kKoreanName	2015
kJIS0213	2,79,60
kJapaneseOn	KI KE
kJis1	4141
kKangXi	0666.270
kKorean	KI
kLau	1157
kMandarin	qì
kMatthews	554
kMeyerWempe	703d
kMojiJoho	MJ016288 MJ016288:E0101 MJ016287:E0102
kMorohashi	18891:E0102
kPhonetic	599
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+14751+71.5.4 C+14751+86.4.5
kRSUnicode	86.4
kSBGY	361.16
kSemanticVariant	U+6C23<kLau,kMatthews
kSMSZD2003Index	393.08
kSMSZD2003Readings	qì粵hei3
kTaiwanTelegraph	3524
kTotalStrokes	8
kUnihanCore2020	H
kXerox	322:103
kXHC1983	0903.010:qì