U+701B "瀛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+701B "瀛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character composed of the water radical on the left and a phonetic component on the right, and it primarily means an ocean or a vast body of water, often used in classical contexts to refer to the legendary floating islands of the immortals, such as the mythical "Penghu" or "Yingzhou" in Daoist lore. In modern Chinese, it appears in words like 瀛臺 (a scenic spot in the Imperial Garden of the Forbidden City) and in Japanese it is used as a kanji in names and place names, including the word for the country of Japan itself in ancient texts (e.g., 瀛洲 referring to Japan). This character also carries connotations of boundless expanse and untainted nature, reflecting its deep cultural associations with the sea and mystical realms.