U+988E "颎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+988E "颎" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character (Hanzi) that primarily appears in historical or classical texts, where it carries meanings related to brightness, light, or a glowing ember. Its structure combines the radical for "fire" or "light" (often simplified or adapted) with a phonetic component, reflecting its original usage in describing the flickering glow of a flame or the radiance of a torch. In modern standard Chinese, however, this character is rarely used, having been largely supplanted by more common synonyms such as 炯 (jiǒng) for brightness. It is occasionally encountered in literary works, poetry, or personal names where an archaic or refined connotation is desired. The character belongs to the CJK Unified Ideographs block of Unicode, ensuring its proper representation and digital preservation across systems that support East Asian scripts.