U+2F47 "⽇" Kangxi Radical Sun Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⽇
U+2F47 "⽇" Kangxi Radical Sun is a graphic representation of Radical 72, one of the 214 radicals in the Kangxi dictionary system, which symbolizes the sun and is commonly associated with concepts like light, day, time, and brightness. This character serves as a key component in many Chinese characters, such as "明" meaning bright or "時" meaning time, and it is written as a rectangular shape with a horizontal stroke through the middle. In the Unicode standard, it is classified under the Kangxi Radicals block and is intended for use in dictionary contexts or when referencing the radical itself, distinct from the standard CJK character "日" which is used in general text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2F47 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Kangxi Radical Sun |
| Block | Kangxi Radicals |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "日" U+65E5 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⽇ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⽇ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xBD 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2F47 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002F47 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2f47 |
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 | "日" U+65E5 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "日" U+65E5 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 | 65E5 |
| Radical | Yes |