U+2F77 "⽷" Kangxi Radical Silk Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⽷
U+2F77 "⽷" Kangxi Radical Silk is a graphic representation of the 120th radical from the traditional Kangxi system of Chinese character classification, known as "silk" or "thread." This radical, often appearing as a component in more complex characters, originally depicted twisted strands of silk fiber, symbolizing textiles, thread, or rope. In modern usage, it is primarily employed in calligraphy, historical text analysis, and digital encoding to denote characters related to silk, weaving, or fabric, serving as a key reference for studying the structure and etymology of Chinese characters.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2F77 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Kangxi Radical Silk |
| Block | Kangxi Radicals |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "糸" U+7CF8 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⽷ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⽷ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xBD 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2F77 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002F77 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2f77 |
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 | "糸" U+7CF8 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "糸" U+7CF8 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 | 7CF8 |
| Radical | Yes |