U+71B9 "熹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
熹
U+71B9 "熹" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily means "brightness" or "dawn," often associated with the warmth and light of the sun rising. It is composed of the radical for fire, 火, combined with other elements that suggest illumination and auspiciousness. This character appears in classical Chinese texts and historical names, most notably in the personal name of Zhu Xi (朱熹), a prominent Song Dynasty Confucian scholar, where it conveys intellectual and moral clarity. In modern usage, "熹" is still employed in given names and poetic contexts to evoke radiance and hope.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+71B9 |
| 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 | 熹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 熹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x86 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x71B9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000071B9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u71b9 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BF51 |
| kCCCII | 214A27 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-713B |
| kCNS1992 | 1-713B |
| kCangjie | GRTF |
| kCantonese | hei1 |
| kCihaiT | 857.601 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1093.140 |
| kDefinition | dim light, glimmer; warm, bright |
| kEACC | 214A27 |
| kFanqie | 許其 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4033.6 |
| kGB0 | 7668 |
| kGB1 | 7668 |
| kGSR | 0955k |
| kHangul | 희:0N |
| kHanYu | 32239.050 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 32239.050:xī |
| kHKGlyph | 2429 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1093.140 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32239.050 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0681.210 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6C64 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BF51 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5F74 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F6AC |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7D78 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-713B |
| kJapanese | キ あぶる |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:6040 |
| kJapaneseKun | ABURU |
| kJapaneseOn | KI |
| kJis0 | 6384 |
| kKangXi | 0681.210 |
| kKarlgren | 129 |
| kKorean | HUY |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3588 |
| kMandarin | xī |
| kMatthews | 2439 |
| kMeyerWempe | 694j |
| kMojiJoho | MJ016600 |
| kMorohashi | 19380 |
| kPhonetic | 455 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5583+86.4.12 |
| kRSUnicode | 86.12 |
| kSBGY | 062.36 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 403.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xī粵hei1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3588 |
| kTGHZ2013 | 393.080:xī |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 270:364 |
| kXHC1983 | 1226.040:xī |