U+55B7 "喷" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+55B7 "喷" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character primarily meaning "to spurt," "to spray," or "to puff," and is commonly used in modern Mandarin to describe the forceful emission of liquids, gases, or particles, as seen in words like 喷泉 (fountain) and 喷气 (jet). It is composed of the mouth radical (口) on the left, indicating its association with breath or speech, and a phonetic component on the right that hints at its pronunciation "pēn" or "pèn." In addition to its literal sense, the character has taken on metaphorical and internet slang meanings, where it can signify criticizing or arguing forcefully online, as in the term 喷子 (a habitual online critic or troll). This character is a standard part of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) unified ideograph set, used across multiple East Asian writing systems with consistent meaning but varied pronunciation.