U+70AC "炬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
炬
U+70AC "炬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese logograph that typically means "torch," "fire," or "candle," and it is composed of the radical for fire (火) on the left side and the phonetic component 巨 on the right. This character is historically significant in East Asian writing systems, appearing in classical texts and modern usage to denote a source of light or flame, and it can also be found in figurative expressions, such as in the word "火炬" (huǒjù) meaning torch. Its inclusion in the CJK Unified Ideographs block ensures its representation across digital platforms for languages like Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+70AC |
| 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 | 炬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 炬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x82 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x70AC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000070AC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u70ac |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | ACB2 |
| kCCCII | 214952 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5235 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5235 |
| kCangjie | FSS |
| kCantonese | geoi6 |
| kCihaiT | 844.104 |
| kCowles | 1860 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1077.210 |
| kDefinition | torch |
| kEACC | 214952 |
| kFanqie | 其吕 |
| kFourCornerCode | 9181.7 |
| kGB0 | 3070 |
| kGB1 | 3070 |
| kGradeLevel | 5 |
| kHangul | 거:0N |
| kHanYu | 32191.110 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 32191.110:jù |
| kHKGlyph | 2378 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1077.210 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32191.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0668.200 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3E66 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-ACB2 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5F59 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-CEC9 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4B63 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5235 |
| kJapanese | キョ コ ゴ |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:1233 |
| kJapaneseKun | TAIMATSU TOMOSHIBI YAKU |
| kJapaneseOn | KO KYO |
| kJis0 | 6357 |
| kKangXi | 0668.200 |
| kKarlgren | 482 |
| kKorean | KE |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3515 |
| kMandarin | jù |
| kMatthews | 1547 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1311b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ016331 MJ016331:E0101 MJ016332:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 18949:E0102 |
| kNelson | 2748 |
| kPhonetic | 676 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5556+86.4.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 86.5 |
| kSBGY | 258.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 394.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | jù粵geoi6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3515 |
| kTang | *ghiǔ |
| kTGHZ2013 | 185.160:jù |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 264:354 |
| kXHC1983 | 0614.030:jù |