⼅ is the Unicode character KANGXI RADICAL HOOK, code point U+2F05 (decimal 12037) in the Kangxi Radicals block, added in Unicode 3.0. In HTML write ⼅, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 BC 85.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+2F05 |
| Decimal | 12037 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 BC 85 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 2F05 |
| UTF-32 | 00002F05 |
| HTML decimal | ⼅ |
| HTML hex | ⼅ |
| CSS | \2F05 |
| JavaScript | \u2F05 |
| JSON | \u2F05 |
| Python | \u2F05 |
| Python by name | \N{KANGXI RADICAL HOOK} |
| Java, C# | \u2F05 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{2F05} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u2F05 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%BC%85 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | KANGXI RADICAL HOOK |
| Code point | U+2F05 (decimal 12037) |
| Block | Kangxi Radicals (U+2F00–U+2FDF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Han |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 3.0 |
Decomposition
KANGXI RADICAL HOOK has a compatibility decomposition (compat) to the sequence below. NFKC and NFKD normalisation replace it with that sequence, which can change how text looks, so use them for search, not for storage.
Nearby in Kangxi Radicals
- ⼀ U+2F00 Kangxi Radical One
- ⼁ U+2F01 Kangxi Radical Line
- ⼂ U+2F02 Kangxi Radical Dot
- ⼃ U+2F03 Kangxi Radical Slash
- ⼄ U+2F04 Kangxi Radical Second
- ⼆ U+2F06 Kangxi Radical Two
- ⼇ U+2F07 Kangxi Radical Lid
- ⼈ U+2F08 Kangxi Radical Man
- ⼉ U+2F09 Kangxi Radical Legs
- ⼊ U+2F0A Kangxi Radical Enter
- ⼋ U+2F0B Kangxi Radical Eight
- ⼌ U+2F0C Kangxi Radical Down Box
- ⼍ U+2F0D Kangxi Radical Cover
All 214 characters: Kangxi Radicals.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ⼅?
- Use ⼅ (decimal) or ⼅ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+2F05?
- E2 BC 85 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%BC%85.
- How do I write U+2F05 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u2F05. Python: \u2F05.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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