U+2F56 "⽖" Kangxi Radical Claw Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⽖
U+2F56 "⽖" Kangxi Radical Claw is a typographic representation of the 92nd radical in the Kangxi system of Chinese character classification, which traditionally depicts a claw or a hand with extended fingers. This radical is used as a component in various Chinese characters, often relating to grasping, scratching, or clawing actions, and appears in simplified forms within compound characters. In modern Chinese, it is associated with concepts of capture or possession and retains its distinctive visual shape in calligraphy and print, serving both as a standalone symbol in radical charts and as a building block for more complex sinographs.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2F56 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Kangxi Radical Claw |
| Block | Kangxi Radicals |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "爪" U+722A CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⽖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⽖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xBD 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2F56 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002F56 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2f56 |
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 | "爪" U+722A CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "爪" U+722A 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 | 722A |
| Radical | Yes |