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爏

cjk unified ideograph-720f

Fire-appearance character

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爏 means 火貌, “the appearance of fire”; in Mandarin it is read lì, roughly like “lee” with a falling tone. The Kangxi Dictionary records 㷴 as a reduced form.

Text symbol

What 爏 means

It describes how fire looks.

The Jiyun is a Chinese rhyme dictionary, a reference for looking up character readings arranged by sound. Compiled in 1037–1039, it records this gloss; the Kangxi Dictionary cites its entry.

A dictionary word with a concrete, descriptive sense: the appearance of fire.

If someone sent 爏, its supported reading is literal: “the appearance of fire.”

Who writes 爏

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Questions people ask

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Why does 爏 look different in some fonts?

Yes. As of 2026, fonts that support 爏 may draw it in different regional styles; without support, a font may show a missing-character box.

How to type or find 爏

Search it as
li · li4 · lik6 · 火貌 · 火 · 㷴
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 720F, then AltX to get 爏.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “cjk unified ideograph-720f”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 720f, then Enter or Space.
HTML
爏
CSS
\720F
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
爏
HTML hex
爏
CSS content
content: "\720F";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%88%8F
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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