U+2F42 "⽂" Kangxi Radical Script Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⽂
U+2F42 "⽂" Kangxi Radical Script is the graphic representation of Kangxi Radical 67, known as "Wén" or "script," which signifies patterns, writing, or literature and is derived from the ancient Chinese pictograph of a decorative pattern or woven design. This radical is a key component in the formation of complex Chinese characters, often appearing as a semantic element to convey concepts related to letters, culture, or refinement, such as in the character 文 (wén) meaning "language" or "civilization." As part of the Kangxi radical system, it serves as a standardized index for character lookup and understanding the etymological roots of East Asian script systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2F42 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Kangxi Radical Script |
| Block | Kangxi Radicals |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "文" U+6587 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⽂ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⽂ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xBD 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2F42 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002F42 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2f42 |
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 | "文" U+6587 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "文" U+6587 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 | 6587 |
| Radical | Yes |