U+70C9 "烉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
烉
U+70C9 "烉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare or archaic Chinese character composed of the fire radical over the phonetic component "奂," and it generally signifies the concept of brightness, brilliance, or blazing light. It appears in classical Chinese texts as a variant or alternative form of characters like "焕" or "烜," which carry similar meanings of glowing or radiant heat. While not commonly used in modern standard Chinese, it may be encountered in historical literature, poetry, or specialized calligraphy, where its intricate structure evokes vivid imagery of fire and luminous energy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+70C9 |
| 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 | 烉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 烉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x83 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x70C9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000070C9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u70c9 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 245149 |
| kCNS1986 | E-6279 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-6279 |
| kCangjie | NBF |
| kCantonese | wun6 |
| kDefinition | shining, brilliant, lustrous |
| kHanYu | 32200.150 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32200.150 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0669.190 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-4061 |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-016357 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-551C |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-4422 |
| kIRG_TSource | T4-2D75 |
| kJapanese | カン |
| kJapaneseKun | AKIRAKA |
| kJapaneseOn | KAN |
| kKangXi | 0669.190 |
| kKorean | HWAN |
| kMandarin | huàn |
| kMojiJoho | MJ016357 |
| kMorohashi | 18989 |
| kRSUnicode | 86.6 |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |