U+7409 "琉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
琉
U+7409 "琉" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily refers to a type of precious stone, specifically lapis lazuli or a similar blue gem, and it is most commonly encountered in the compound word "琉球" (Ryukyu), which denotes the Ryukyu Islands and its historical kingdom. In modern usage, it also appears in words like "琉璃" (liuli), meaning colored glaze or glass. The character is classified under the Kangxi radical 96 (王, jade) and carries the semantic implication of brilliance or luster associated with gemstones, with its pronunciation in Mandarin being "liú".
General Properties
| Code Point | U+7409 |
| 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 | 琉 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 琉 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x90 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x7409 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00007409 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u7409 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AF5B |
| kCCCII | 214B44 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-565E |
| kCNS1992 | 1-565E |
| kCangjie | MGYIU |
| kCantonese | lau4 |
| kCihaiT | 894.201 |
| kCowles | 2255 |
| kDefinition | sparkling stone; glazed, opaque |
| kEACC | 214B44 |
| kFenn | 871B |
| kFennIndex | 314.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1011.3 |
| kGB0 | 3380 |
| kGB1 | 3380 |
| kHangul | 류:0N 유:0 |
| kHanYu | 21118.090 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21118.090:liú |
| kHKGlyph | 2550 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21118.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0733.080 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4170 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AF5B |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4E30 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D9AF |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5738 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-565E |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5F2C |
| kJapanese | リュウ ル |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:2158 |
| kJapaneseOn | RYUU RU |
| kJis0 | 4616 |
| kKangXi | 0733.080 |
| kKorean | LYU |
| kLau | 1823 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3812 |
| kMandarin | liú |
| kMatthews | 4081 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1501 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ017260 |
| kMorohashi | 20978 |
| kNelson | 2939 |
| kPhonetic | 779 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3960+96.4.7 |
| kRSUnicode | 96.6 96.7 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+7460<kLau,kMatthews U+74A2 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 428.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | liú粵lau4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3812 |
| kTang | liou |
| kTGHZ2013 | 228.060:liú |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | lưu |
| kXerox | 255:264 |
| kXHC1983 | 0727.030:liú |