U+70BD "炽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
炽
U+70BD "炽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily represents the concept of "blazing" or "flaming," evoking intense heat and fire. It is composed of the radical for fire, 火, which hints at its fiery meaning, combined with a phonetic component that contributes to its pronunciation. This character is used in modern Chinese to form words such as 炽热, meaning "scorching hot" or "passionate," and it often carries a connotation of brightness and fervor in literary and everyday contexts. Its presence in the Unicode standard ensures that this ideograph can be consistently represented and exchanged across digital platforms, preserving its cultural and linguistic significance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+70BD |
| 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 | 炽 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 炽 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x82 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x70BD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000070BD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u70bd |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 274A21 |
| kCangjie | FRC |
| kCantonese | ci3 |
| kDefinition | burning-hot, intense; to burn, blaze; splendid, illustrious |
| kEACC | 274A21 |
| kFourCornerCode | 9688 |
| kGB0 | 1967 |
| kHanYu | 32195.120 |
| kIICore | AG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32195.120 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0669.101 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-3363 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-FDFD |
| kTGH | 2013:4326 |
| kKangXi | 0669.101 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3589 |
| kMandarin | chì |
| kPhonetic | 164* |
| kRSUnicode | 86.5 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 395.07 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 046.160:chì |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "熾" U+71BE CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GH |
| kXHC1983 | 0145.030:chì |