U+71E7 "燧" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Han
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes
Unified Ideograph Yes

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