U+71D7 "燗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+71D7 "燗" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (hanzi) that represents the concept of warming or heating sake, specifically referring to the traditional Japanese practice of serving hot rice wine. It is composed of the fire radical (火) on the left and the phonetic component 間 on the right, combining to convey the idea of applying heat to a liquid. In modern usage, this character is most commonly encountered in Japanese contexts, where it appears in the term "燗酒" (kanzake) for warmed sake, though it also appears in classical Chinese texts related to heating or simmering. As part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, it is encoded for use in digital text across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages, reflecting its cultural and linguistic significance in East Asian culinary traditions.