U+2F50 "⽐" Kangxi Radical Compare Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2F50 "⽐" Kangxi Radical Compare is a glyph representing the 71st radical in the Kangxi system of Chinese character classification, known as "compare" or "compete," and its usual Chinese name is 比. This radical is traditionally used to indicate comparison, contrast, or rivalry, and its ancient form is thought to depict two persons standing side by side, suggesting a sense of comparison or matching. In modern Chinese and Japanese scripts, this radical appears as a component in various characters related to comparison, such as the word for "ratio" or "proportion," and it is a key element for understanding the semantic field of characters that involve pairing or competition. Despite being a distinct radical, it is also important to note that in Unicode, this specific character is a presentation form intended for use in text that requires explicit display of the radical shape, rather than for representing the full character in standard writing.

General Properties

Code Point U+2F50
Version Added 3.0
Name Kangxi Radical Compare
Block Kangxi Radicals
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Decomposition Type Compat
Decomposition Mapping "比" U+6BD4 CJK Unified Ideograph-#

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⽐
HTML Hex Encoding ⽐
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0xBD 0x90
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2F50
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002F50
C/C++/Java Escape \u2f50

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 "比" U+6BD4 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
NFKC Simple Casefold "比" U+6BD4 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 6BD4
Radical Yes