U+2F3B "⼻" Kangxi Radical Step Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2F3B "⼻" Kangxi Radical Step is a graphic representation of the 60th radical from the Kangxi system, which traditionally symbolizes a small step or the act of walking, and is often used in Chinese characters to convey concepts related to movement, direction, or a slight shift. In modern Chinese, it appears as a left-hand component in characters like 行 (xíng, meaning "to walk" or "to go") and 往 (wǎng, meaning "toward" or "to go to"), where it subtly influences meaning by evoking the idea of forward motion or progression. This radical is distinct from the similar-looking "彳" (two-person walking radical), as "⼻" specifically focuses on a single, individual step, yet both are closely related in their association with travel or spatial movement.

General Properties

Code Point U+2F3B
Version Added 3.0
Name Kangxi Radical Step
Block Kangxi Radicals
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Decomposition Type Compat
Decomposition Mapping "彳" U+5F73 CJK Unified Ideograph-#

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⼻
HTML Hex Encoding ⼻
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0xBC 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2F3B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002F3B
C/C++/Java Escape \u2f3b

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 "彳" U+5F73 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
NFKC Simple Casefold "彳" U+5F73 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 5F73
Radical Yes