U+2EE7 "⻧" CJK Radical C-Simplified Salt Unicode Character

U+2EE7 "⻧" CJK Radical C-Simplified Salt is a component used in the Chinese writing system, specifically for the simplified Chinese form of the "salt" radical. It derives from the traditional radical 鹵 but has been adapted in simplified characters to appear as ⻧, representing salt or brine in compounds. This radical, classified under the Kangxi Radicals block, is employed in a limited number of modern Chinese characters, often relating to chemical or mineral substances, such as in the character 盐 (yán, meaning "salt"). Its design is typically a left-side element that retains the core meaning of salt while reducing strokes for simplicity, reflecting the broader goals of the Chinese character simplification process.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2EE7
Version Added	3.0
Name	CJK Radical C-Simplified Salt
Block	CJK Radicals Supplement
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	⻧
HTML Hex Encoding	⻧
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xBB 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2EE7
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002EE7
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2ee7

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	5364
Radical	Yes