U+2F48 "⽈" Kangxi Radical Say Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⽈
U+2F48 "⽈" Kangxi Radical Say is the graphic representation of Kangxi Radical 73, meaning "to say" or "to speak," and is derived from the ancient Chinese character for a mouth with words issuing forth. In the Kangxi dictionary system, this radical is used as a component in many Chinese characters related to verbal communication, such as 說 (to speak), 話 (speech), and 語 (language), often appearing on the left side of composite characters. Its encoded form serves as a dedicated symbol for indexing and displaying this specific radical in digital text, distinct from the similar-looking but semantically different regular CJK character 日 (sun or day).
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2F48 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Kangxi Radical Say |
| Block | Kangxi Radicals |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "曰" U+66F0 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⽈ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⽈ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xBD 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2F48 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002F48 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2f48 |
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 | "曰" U+66F0 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "曰" U+66F0 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 | 66F0 |
| Radical | Yes |