U+71AC "熬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
熬
U+71AC "熬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily conveys the meanings of "to boil," "to stew," or "to decoct," often implying a process of cooking over a slow fire to extract flavors or medicinal properties. Beyond its culinary usage, it metaphorically extends to concepts of enduring hardship or suffering through difficult circumstances, such as in the phrase "熬夜" meaning "to stay up late" or "to endure the night." The character is composed of the "fire" radical (灬) on the bottom, suggesting heat or cooking, combined with the phonetic component on top, and its strokes adhere to standard CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) ideograph structure.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+71AC |
| 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 | 熬 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 熬 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x86 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x71AC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000071AC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u71ac |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BCF5 |
| kCCCII | 21497C |
| kCNS1986 | 1-6D5F |
| kCNS1992 | 1-6D5F |
| kCangjie | GKF |
| kCantonese | ngou4 |
| kCihaiT | 856.504 |
| kCowles | 3008 3051 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1092.170 |
| kDefinition | cook down, to boil; endure |
| kEACC | 21497C |
| kFanqie | 五勞 |
| kFenn | 264C |
| kFennIndex | 4.08 5.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5833.4 |
| kGB0 | 1630 |
| kGB1 | 1630 |
| kGSR | 1130h |
| kHangul | 오:0N |
| kHanYu | 32226.040 |
| kHanyuPinlu | áo(21) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 32226.040:áo,āo |
| kHKGlyph | 2419 |
| kIICore | AGTHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1092.170 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32226.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0680.410 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-303E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BCF5 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5F72 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F9E0 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6822 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-6D5F |
| kJapanese | ゴウ いる |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:3053 |
| kJapaneseKun | IRU |
| kJapaneseOn | GOU |
| kJis0 | 6382 |
| kKangXi | 0680.410 |
| kKarlgren | 6 |
| kKorean | O |
| kLau | 2322 2350 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3581 |
| kMandarin | áo |
| kMatthews | 59 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2027a 2054 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ016588 |
| kMorohashi | 19352 |
| kPhonetic | 966 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5581+86.4.11 |
| kRSUnicode | 86.11 |
| kSBGY | 158.07 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 402.09 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | áo粵ngou4,ngaau4 āo粵ngou4,ngaau4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3581 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 004.140:āo 005.060:áo |
| kTotalStrokes | 14 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 260:263 |
| kXHC1983 | 0011.020:āo 0011.060:áo |