U+70DB "烛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+70DB "烛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "candle" and serves as the simplified form of the traditional character 燭. It is composed of the radical 火 (huǒ, meaning "fire") on the left, indicating its association with light and heat, and the phonetic component 虫 (chóng) or historically 蜀 (shǔ) on the right. In modern usage, 烛 often appears in compound words like 蜡烛 (làzhú, "candle") or in idiomatic expressions such as 风烛残年 (fēng zhú cán nián, "like a candle flickering in the wind," describing a precarious old age). The character also carries cultural significance in Chinese traditions, where candles are used in festivals, religious ceremonies, and as symbols of illumination or sacrifice.
General Properties
Code Point
U+70DB
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
烛
HTML Hex Encoding
烛
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE7 0x83 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding
0x70DB
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000070DB
C/C++/Java Escape
\u70db
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
Unihan Properties
kCCCII
274A30
kCNS1986
E-3229
kCNS1992
3-3229
kCangjie
FLMI
kCantonese
zuk1
kCihaiT
847.203
kDaeJaweon
1079.110
kDefinition
candle, taper; shine, illuminate
kEACC
274A30
kFennIndex
94.05
kFourCornerCode
9583
kGB0
5482
kHanYu
32199.100
kHanyuPinlu
zhú(53)
kHanyuPinyin
32199.100:chóng,zhú
kIICore
AG
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
32199.100
kIRG_GSource
G0-5672
kIRG_JSource
JMJ-016375
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-5513
kIRG_TSource
T3-3229
kIRG_VSource
V1-5E24
kJapanese
チュウ ジュ
kTGH
2013:2061
kKangXi
0670.210
kLau
1601
kMainlandTelegraph
3608
kMandarin
zhú
kMatthews
1385
kMojiJoho
MJ016375
kMorohashi
19017
kPhonetic
1264*
kRSUnicode
86.6
kSemanticVariant
U+71ED<kLau,kMatthews
kSimplifiedVariant
kSMSZD2003Index
396.11
kTGHZ2013
484.110:zhú
kTotalStrokes
10
kTraditionalVariant
kUnihanCore2020
G
kVietnamese
chúc
kXHC1983
1508.070:zhú