U+2EB8 "⺸" CJK Radical Ewe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⺸
U+2EB8 "⺸" CJK Radical Ewe is a component of the Kangxi radical system, specifically representing the 164th radical, which is associated with the concept of "ewe" or "female sheep," though it is not commonly used as a standalone character. This radical is found in a limited number of traditional Chinese characters, where it often contributes meanings related to sheep or livestock, such as in the character "美" (beautiful), where it serves as a component symbolizing beauty derived from the appearance of a sheep.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2EB8 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | CJK Radical Ewe |
| Block | CJK Radicals Supplement |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⺸ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⺸ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xBA 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2EB8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002EB8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2eb8 |
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 | 2634B |
| Radical | Yes |