U+71E7 "燧" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
燧
U+71E7 "燧" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "flint" or "fire-drill," historically referring to the tool used to create fire by friction or striking stone. It is most famously associated with Suiren, the mythical sage credited in ancient Chinese legend with discovering the method of fire-making for humanity. The character is composed of the "fire" radical on the left and the phonetic component "遂," and it appears in classical texts and modern usage in contexts related to fire, ignition, and ancient technology.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+71E7 |
| 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 | 燧 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 燧 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x87 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x71E7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000071E7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u71e7 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C0E6 |
| kCCCII | 214A2D |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7431 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7431 |
| kCangjie | FYTO |
| kCantonese | seoi6 |
| kCihaiT | 861.304 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1097.080 |
| kDefinition | flintstone; beacon, signal fire; torch |
| kEACC | 214A2D |
| kFanqie | 徐醉 |
| kFourCornerCode | 9883.3 |
| kGB0 | 7661 |
| kGB1 | 7661 |
| kGSR | 0526i |
| kHangul | 수:0N |
| kHanYu | 32236.110 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 32236.110:suì |
| kHKGlyph | 2434 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1097.080 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 32236.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0684.310 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-6C5D |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C0E6 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5F7C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E3F1 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-622C |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7431 |
| kJapanese | スイ ズイ のろし ひうち |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:6173 |
| kJapaneseKun | HIUCHI NOROSHI |
| kJapaneseOn | SUI |
| kJis0 | 6392 |
| kKangXi | 0684.310 |
| kKorean | SWU |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3606 |
| kMandarin | suì |
| kMatthews | 5531 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2879b |
| kMojiJoho | MJ016655 MJ016655:E0101 MJ016656:E0102 MJ016657:E0103 MJ016654:E0104 |
| kMorohashi | 19469 19469:E0101 |
| kNelson | 2805 |
| kPhonetic | 1257A |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+5591+86.4.13 |
| kRSUnicode | 86.13 |
| kSBGY | 350.32 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 404.16 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | suì粵seoi6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3606 |
| kTang | zuì |
| kTGHZ2013 | 352.150:suì |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 266:357 |
| kXHC1983 | 1100.070:suì |