U+2EAA "⺪" CJK Radical Bolt of Cloth Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2EAA "⺪" CJK Radical Bolt of Cloth is a representation of the ancient Chinese radical for a bolt or roll of cloth, commonly seen in traditional Chinese character composition as a component that conveys meanings related to textiles, fabric, or cloth items. This radical, often appearing in the left or top position of compound characters, originates from a pictograph of rolled or folded cloth and is used in the Kangxi radical system, where it serves as a foundational element for characters such as 布 (cloth) or 巾 (towel). As a typographic symbol, it retains its historical significance in calligraphy and font design, linking modern digital text with classical Chinese writing traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2EAA |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | CJK Radical Bolt of Cloth |
| Block | CJK Radicals Supplement |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⺪ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⺪ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xBA 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2EAA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002EAA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2eaa |
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 | 24D14 |
| Radical | Yes |