U+2EA5 "⺥" CJK Radical Paw Two Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2EA5 "⺥" CJK Radical Paw Two is a lesser known variant of the Kangxi radical for "claw" or "paw" (radical 87), traditionally used in Chinese character dictionaries to categorize characters related to grasping, scratching, or animal paws. It differs from the more common form of the claw radical by having a distinct shape, often appearing as a doubled or slightly modified version of the standard radical, and is found in historical or stylistic CJK character compositions. This radical component is not as frequently encountered in modern simplified Chinese, but it persists in some traditional characters and scholarly contexts, serving as a graphic element that can be traced back to ancient oracle bone and bronze inscription scripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2EA5 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | CJK Radical Paw Two |
| Block | CJK Radicals Supplement |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⺥ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⺥ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xBA 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2EA5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002EA5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2ea5 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Ideographic |
| East Asian Width | Wide |
| Script | Han |
| Script Extensions | Han |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |
| Equivalent Unified Ideograph | 722B |
| Radical | Yes |