U+708A "炊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
炊
U+708A "炊" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to cook" or "to steam food," often associated with the process of preparing a meal using fire. Its structure combines the fire radical (火) on the left, indicating heat or flame, with a phonetic component on the right that contributes to its pronunciation (chuī in Mandarin). Historically and in modern usage, this character appears in compound words such as 炊事 (cooking duties) and 炊烟 (smoke from cooking), reflecting its deep connection to domestic life and sustenance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+708A |
| 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 | 炊 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 炊 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x82 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x708A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000708A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u708a |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AAA4 |
| kCCCII | 21494F |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4E65 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4E65 |
| kCangjie | FNO |
| kCantonese | ceoi1 |
| kCihaiT | 843.401 |
| kCowles | 616 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1076.160 |
| kDefinition | cook; meal |
| kEACC | 21494F |
| kFanqie | 昌垂 |
| kFenn | 441G |
| kFennIndex | 106.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 9788.2 |
| kGB0 | 2022 |
| kGB1 | 2022 |
| kGSR | 0030b |
| kHangul | 취:0N |
| kHanYu | 32192.140 |
| kHanyuPinlu | chuī(12) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 32192.140:chuī |
| kHKGlyph | 2373 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1076.160 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32192.140 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0667.070 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3436 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AAA4 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3F66 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-EFD7 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7627 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4E65 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5D73 |
| kJapanese | スイ たく かしぐ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:1235 |
| kJapaneseKun | TAKU KASHIGU |
| kJapaneseOn | SUI |
| kJis0 | 3170 |
| kKangXi | 0667.070 |
| kKarlgren | 378 |
| kKorean | CHWI |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3507 |
| kMandarin | chuī |
| kMatthews | 1477 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ016298 |
| kMorohashi | 18904 |
| kNelson | 2752 |
| kPhonetic | 160 294 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2604+76.4.4 C+2604+86.4.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 86.4 |
| kSBGY | 043.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 393.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | chuī粵ceoi1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3507 |
| kTang | *chiuɛ |
| kTGHZ2013 | 053.040:chuī |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | sôi xôi xuy xuý |
| kXerox | 262:375 |
| kXHC1983 | 0168.010:chuī |