U+7116 "焖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
焖
U+7116 "焖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character used primarily in East Asian languages such as Mandarin and Japanese, where it denotes a cooking method involving covering the food and simmering it over low heat, often yielding a tender, flavorful result akin to braising or stewing. Composed of the radical for "fire" (火) on the left and a phonetic component on the right, the character appears in culinary contexts for dishes like 焖饭 (clay pot rice) or 焖鸡 (braised chicken). Its usage reflects a specific technique in Chinese gastronomy that relies on steam and slow heat to infuse ingredients with sauce while retaining moisture, distinguishing it from faster stir-frying or boiling.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7116 |
| 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 | 焖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 焖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x84 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7116 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007116 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7116 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 274A25 |
| kCangjie | FLSP |
| kCantonese | mun6 |
| kDefinition | simmer, cook over slow fire |
| kEACC | 274A25 |
| kFourCornerCode | 9782 |
| kGB0 | 7643 |
| kHanYu | 32205.110 |
| kIICore | CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32205.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0673.111 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6C4B |
| kTGH | 2013:4960 |
| kKangXi | 0673.111 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3626 |
| kMandarin | mèn |
| kRSUnicode | 86.7 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 397.13 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 247.130:mèn |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kTraditionalVariant | "燜" U+71DC CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 | G |
| kXHC1983 | 0777.010:mèn |