U+8F5F "轟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
轟
U+8F5F "轟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that represents the concept of loud, rumbling noise, often associated with thunder, explosions, or the roaring sound of a vehicle or machinery. Composed of three "車" (vehicle or cart) radicals arranged in a triangular pattern, its structure visually suggests multiple carts or wheels moving together, reinforcing the idea of overwhelming, resonant sound. In modern usage, this character appears in terms like "轟炸" (to bomb) and "轟動" (to cause a sensation), highlighting its connection to dramatic, impactful events. It is part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideograph set and is classified under the radical for "車" (radical 159), with a total of 21 strokes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8F5F |
| 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 | 轟 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 轟 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xBD 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8F5F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008F5F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8f5f |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C546 |
| kCCCII | 215B58 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7B32 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7B32 |
| kCangjie | JJJJJ |
| kCantonese | gwang1 |
| kCihaiT | 1308.107 |
| kCowles | 2081 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1728.180 |
| kDefinition | rumble, explosion, blast |
| kEACC | 215B58 |
| kFanqie | 呼宏 呼迸 |
| kFenn | 836E |
| kFennIndex | 212.07 |
| kFourCornerCode | 5055.6 |
| kGB1 | 2668 |
| kGradeLevel | 3 |
| kHangul | 굉:0N |
| kHanYu | 53559.120 |
| kHanyuPinlu | hōng(77) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 53559.120:hōng |
| kHKGlyph | 4066 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1728.180 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 53559.120 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1249.280 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-3A64 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C546 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-396C |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D3DE |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4E5E |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7B32 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-687B |
| kJapanese | ゴウ コウ とどろく とどろき |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | TODOROKI TODOROKU |
| kJapaneseOn | GOU KOU |
| kJis0 | 2576 |
| kKangXi | 1249.280 |
| kKorean | KOYNG |
| kLau | 1041 |
| kMandarin | hōng |
| kMatthews | 2394 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1399 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ025715 |
| kMorohashi | 38577 |
| kNelson | 4643 |
| kPhonetic | 734 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2046+159.7.14 |
| kRSUnicode | 159.14 |
| kSBGY | 189.28 430.31 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+2EDDB |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "轰" U+8F70 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 690.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | hōng粵gwang1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6575 |
| kTang | xuəng |
| kTotalStrokes | 21 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | huênh |
| kXerox | 252:255 |
| kXHC1983 | 0461.071:hōng |