U+81E9 "臩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
臩
U+81E9 "臩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and archaic Chinese character that historically carries meanings related to brightness, brilliance, or to illuminate, and it also appears in classical texts with connotations of being wide or expansive. In some contexts, it is used as a variant of the character "臦" (guàng) and can denote a state of being radiant or shining, though its usage is exceedingly uncommon in modern Chinese. The character is composed of the radical for flesh or body (月) combined with elements suggesting light or fire, emphasizing its thematic connection to luminosity. Due to its obscurity, it is primarily of interest to scholars studying ancient scripts or specialized lexicography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+81E9 |
| 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 | 臩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 臩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x87 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x81E9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000081E9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u81e9 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | EDEF |
| kCCCII | 227A5C |
| kCNS1986 | 2-5E5C |
| kCNS1992 | 2-5E5C |
| kCangjie | SSKLL |
| kCantonese | gwong3 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1451.070 |
| kFanqie | 俱往 俱永 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1122.3 |
| kHanYu | 42803.010 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 42803.010:guǎng,jiǒng |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1451.070 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 42803.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1000.010 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-487A |
| kIRG_HSource | HB2-EDEF |
| kIRG_JSource | JMJ-021295 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-563B |
| kIRG_TSource | T2-5E5C |
| kJapanese | キョウ コウ ケイ |
| kKangXi | 1000.010 |
| kMandarin | guǎng |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021295 |
| kMorohashi | 30088 |
| kRSUnicode | 131.11 |
| kSBGY | 313.20 316.44 |
| kTotalStrokes | 17 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HMT |
| kStrange | Y |