U+2F24 "⼤" Kangxi Radical Big Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⼤
U+2F24 "⼤" Kangxi Radical Big is the graphic representation of Radical 37 in the Kangxi system of 214 radicals used for classifying Chinese characters, and it signifies the concept of "big" or "large." This radical is derived from the form of a person standing with arms outstretched, visually conveying the idea of breadth or greatness. In modern Chinese, it appears as a component in numerous characters, often contributing meanings related to size, magnitude, or importance. As a standalone character, it is written as 大 in modern script, but in its radical form it retains a stylized appearance distinct from its use as a full character.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2F24 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Kangxi Radical Big |
| Block | Kangxi Radicals |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "大" U+5927 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⼤ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⼤ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xBC 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2F24 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002F24 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2f24 |
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 | "大" U+5927 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "大" U+5927 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 | 5927 |
| Radical | Yes |