U+6EDF "滟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+6EDF "滟" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means the shimmering or rippling appearance of water, often used in classical poetry and literary contexts to describe the sparkling reflection of light on a body of water. It is a component of the compound word "滟滪" which refers to a famous and dangerous whirlpool in the Yangtze River known as Yanyu, historically a perilous navigation hazard for ships. The character itself is composed of the radical for water on the left and a phonetic component on the right, and it falls under the category of traditional Chinese characters within the Unicode standard.