U+2EB5 "⺵" CJK Radical Mesh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⺵
U+2EB5 "⺵" CJK Radical Mesh is a component of the Kangxi radical system used in Chinese character writing, specifically representing the radical for "net" or "mesh" and appearing as a simplified variant or upper component in complex characters. This radical, often found at the top of characters like 罗 (meaning net or to collect), originates from ancient pictographs depicting a woven grid or netting, and it retains its meaning of enclosure or network in compound characters.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2EB5 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | CJK Radical Mesh |
| Block | CJK Radicals Supplement |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⺵ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⺵ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xBA 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2EB5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002EB5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2eb5 |
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 | 2626B |
| Radical | Yes |