U+2F4D "⽍" Kangxi Radical Death Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⽍
U+2F4D "⽍" Kangxi Radical Death is a graphical representation of the 78th radical in the Kangxi system of Chinese character classification, known as "歹" (dǎi), which conveys meanings related to death, decay, or misfortune. This radical is commonly found in Chinese characters that denote negative concepts such as dying, destruction, or danger, appearing in components like "死" (death) and "殘" (cruelty). In Unicode, it is encoded as part of the Kangxi Radicals block, which provides stylized versions of these traditional radicals for use in text, dictionaries, or historical documentation, serving as a distinct symbol that bridges modern digital typography with classical Chinese writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2F4D |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Kangxi Radical Death |
| Block | Kangxi Radicals |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "歹" U+6B79 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⽍ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⽍ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xBD 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2F4D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002F4D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2f4d |
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 | "歹" U+6B79 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "歹" U+6B79 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 | 6B79 |
| Radical | Yes |