U+16FE2 "ð–¿¢" Old Chinese Hook Mark Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð–¿¢
U+16FE2 "ð–¿¢" Old Chinese Hook Mark is a relatively rare and specialized character that was added to the Unicode Standard to represent a specific punctuation or editorial mark found in ancient Chinese manuscripts and early textual artifacts. It typically appears as a small, angular hook or tick and was used by scribes to indicate a pause, a separation, or a point of emphasis within a line of classical Chinese text, functioning similarly in some contexts to a modern comma or an annotation marker. This character is part of the Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation block, and its inclusion helps scholars and digital archivists accurately encode and preserve the nuanced punctuation systems of early Chinese writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16FE2 |
| Version Added | 12.0 |
| Name | Old Chinese Hook Mark |
| Block | Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖿢 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖿢 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xBF 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDFE2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016FE2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udfe2 |