U+2EB9 "⺹" CJK Radical Old Unicode Character

U+2EB9 "⺹" CJK Radical Old is a component of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) radicals block, specifically representing the ancient or old form of a traditional radical used in writing Chinese characters. This radical, often associated with the meaning of "old" or "age", appears in historical script forms and serves as a building block for more complex characters, though it is less common in modern simplified Chinese. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and accurately render classical texts, calligraphy, and historical documentation where such archaic symbols are essential for linguistic and cultural study.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2EB9
Version Added	3.0
Name	CJK Radical Old
Block	CJK Radicals Supplement
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	⺹
HTML Hex Encoding	⺹
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xBA 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2EB9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002EB9
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2eb9

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	8002
Radical	Yes