U+70C2 "烂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+70C2 "烂" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (simplified form) that traditionally carries the core meaning of "rotten," "decayed," "soft," or "mashed," often describing food that has spoiled or become overly soft. It is composed of the fire radical "火" on the left, suggesting transformation or destruction through heat, and the phonetic component "兰" on the right. Beyond its literal sense, the character is frequently used in metaphorical contexts, such as in the word "灿烂" (cànlàn) meaning "brilliant" or "splendid," or "烂漫" (làn màn) describing bright, lush flowers or a naive, innocent state. In modern usage, it can also imply something messy, broken, or of poor quality, as in "烂尾楼" (làn wěi lóu) for an unfinished building project.

General Properties

Code Point U+70C2
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 烂
HTML Hex Encoding 烂
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE7 0x83 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding 0x70C2
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000070C2
C/C++/Java Escape \u70c2

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 274A38
kCangjie FTMM
kCantonese laan6
kDefinition rotten, spoiled, decayed
kEACC 274A38
kFourCornerCode 9881
kGB0 3235
kHanYu 32197.020
kHanyuPinlu làn(126)
kIICore AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 32197.020
kIRGKangXi 0669.101
kIRG_GSource G0-4043
kTGH 2013:1660
kKangXi 0669.101
kMainlandTelegraph 3620
kMandarin làn
kPhonetic 766
kRSUnicode 86.5
kSMSZD2003Index 395.06
kTGHZ2013 209.060:làn
kTotalStrokes 9
kTraditionalVariant "爛" U+721B CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kUnihanCore2020 G
kXHC1983 0674.020:làn