U+2F73 "⽳" Kangxi Radical Cave Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⽳
U+2F73 "⽳" Kangxi Radical Cave is a graphical representation of the Kangxi radical number 116, which is derived from the ancient Chinese character for "cave" or "hole," symbolizing a dwelling place or cavity. This radical is used in the composition of various Chinese characters, typically appearing at the top or bottom of a character to convey meanings related to caves, pits, or hollow spaces. In the context of the Unicode standard, it serves as a reference point for the radical's form in text processing and digital typography, preserving its historical role in Chinese writing systems without carrying inherent semantic content on its own.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2F73 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Kangxi Radical Cave |
| Block | Kangxi Radicals |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "穴" U+7A74 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⽳ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⽳ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xBD 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2F73 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002F73 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2f73 |
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 | "穴" U+7A74 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "穴" U+7A74 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 | 7A74 |
| Radical | Yes |