U+2F28 "⼨" Kangxi Radical Inch Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2F28 "⼨" Kangxi Radical Inch is a graphic representation of the 58th radical in the traditional Kangxi system of Chinese character classification, symbolizing the concept of "inch" or a small measure of length. In its original form, this radical derives from an ancient pictograph depicting a hand or a finger pointing at a mark, emphasizing precision or measurement, and it commonly appears in compound characters related to dimensions, boundaries, or actions involving small units.

General Properties

Code Point U+2F28
Version Added 3.0
Name Kangxi Radical Inch
Block Kangxi Radicals
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Decomposition Type Compat
Decomposition Mapping "寸" U+5BF8 CJK Unified Ideograph-#

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⼨
HTML Hex Encoding ⼨
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0xBC 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2F28
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002F28
C/C++/Java Escape \u2f28

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 "寸" U+5BF8 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
NFKC Simple Casefold "寸" U+5BF8 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 5BF8
Radical Yes