U+2F20 "⼠" Kangxi Radical Scholar Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⼠
U+2F20 "⼠" Kangxi Radical Scholar is a graphical representation of the 33rd radical in the Kangxi system of 214 radicals, traditionally known as "Scholar" or "Knight." This character, which in its standard form is written as 士, symbolizes a scholar, gentleman, or official, often denoting prestige, learning, or military service in historical Chinese contexts. It appears as a reusable component in many traditional Chinese characters, where it typically retains its meaning related to educated or noble status, and its design consists of a simple two-stroke structure, contrasting with the similar-looking radical for "earth" (土) by having a shorter bottom horizontal line.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2F20 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Kangxi Radical Scholar |
| Block | Kangxi Radicals |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "士" U+58EB CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⼠ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⼠ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xBC 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2F20 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002F20 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2f20 |
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 | "士" U+58EB CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "士" U+58EB 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 | 58EB |
| Radical | Yes |