U+2F04 "⼄" Kangxi Radical Second Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2F04 "⼄" Kangxi Radical Second is a stylized representation of the ancient Chinese radical meaning "second" or "the second of the ten Heavenly Stems," and it is traditionally depicted as a single curved stroke or hook shape. This radical is one of the 214 Kangxi radicals, a foundational set of character components used in the classification and dictionary ordering of Chinese characters. In modern Chinese, it is often associated with the concept of "second" in numerical order or sequence, and it appears in various characters where it serves as a component, though it is not as common as some other radicals. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that this historical script element is preserved and digitally represented for use in text processing, historical studies, and linguistic contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+2F04
Version Added 3.0
Name Kangxi Radical Second
Block Kangxi Radicals
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Decomposition Type Compat
Decomposition Mapping "乙" U+4E59 CJK Unified Ideograph-#

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⼄
HTML Hex Encoding ⼄
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0xBC 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2F04
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002F04
C/C++/Java Escape \u2f04

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "乙" U+4E59 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
NFKC Simple Casefold "乙" U+4E59 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
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 4E59
Radical Yes