U+70AC "炬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

炬
Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+70AC "炬" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese logograph that typically means "torch," "fire," or "candle," and it is composed of the radical for fire (火) on the left side and the phonetic component 巨 on the right. This character is historically significant in East Asian writing systems, appearing in classical texts and modern usage to denote a source of light or flame, and it can also be found in figurative expressions, such as in the word "火炬" (huǒjù) meaning torch. Its inclusion in the CJK Unified Ideographs block ensures its representation across digital platforms for languages like Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

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General Properties

Code Point
U+70AC
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
炬
HTML Hex Encoding
炬
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE7 0x82 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding
0x70AC
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000070AC
C/C++/Java Escape
\u70ac

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check
Yes
NFD Quick Check
Yes
NFKC Quick Check
Yes
NFKD Quick Check
Yes
Numeric Type
None
Numeric Value
NaN
Line Break
Ideographic
East Asian Width
Wide
Script
Han
Script Extensions
Han
Indic Syllabic Category
Other
ID Start
Yes
XID Start
Yes
ID Continue
Yes
XID Continue
Yes
Alphabetic
Yes
Vertical Orientation
Upright
Grapheme Base
Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break
Other
Word Break
Other
Sentence Break
OLetter
Ideographic
Yes
Unified Ideograph
Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive
ACB2
kCCCII
214952
kCNS1986
1-5235
kCNS1992
1-5235
kCangjie
FSS
kCantonese
geoi6
kCihaiT
844.104
kCowles
1860
kDaeJaweon
1077.210
kDefinition
torch
kEACC
214952
kFanqie
其吕
kFourCornerCode
9181.7
kGB0
3070
kGB1
3070
kGradeLevel
5
kHangul
거:0N
kHanYu
32191.110
kHanyuPinyin
32191.110:jù
kHKGlyph
2378
kIICore
AGTJHKMP
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
32191.110
kIRG_GSource
G0-3E66
kIRG_HSource
HB1-ACB2
kIRG_JSource
J0-5F59
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-CEC9
kIRG_KSource
K0-4B63
kIRG_TSource
T1-5235
kJapanese
キョ コ ゴ
kKoreanName
2015
kTGH
2013:1233
kJapaneseKun
TAIMATSU TOMOSHIBI YAKU
kJapaneseOn
KO KYO
kJis0
6357
kKangXi
0668.200
kKarlgren
482
kKorean
KE
kMainlandTelegraph
3515
kMandarin
jù
kMatthews
1547
kMeyerWempe
1311b
kMojiJoho
MJ016331 MJ016331:E0101 MJ016332:E0102
kMorohashi
18949:E0102
kNelson
2748
kPhonetic
676
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+5556+86.4.5
kRSUnicode
86.5
kSBGY
258.10
kSMSZD2003Index
394.04
kSMSZD2003Readings
jù粵geoi6
kTaiwanTelegraph
3515
kTang
*ghiǔ
kTGHZ2013
185.160:jù
kTotalStrokes
8
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kXerox
264:354
kXHC1983
0614.030:jù