U+2F8A "⾊" Kangxi Radical Color Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2F8A "⾊" Kangxi Radical Color is one of the 214 radicals used in the Kangxi system for classifying Chinese characters, where it carries the meaning of "color," "appearance," or "look." This radical is derived from the traditional Chinese character 色, which originally depicted a person and another element, often interpreted as conveying the idea of facial expression or hue. In modern usage, it appears as a component in more complex characters such as 艷 (yan4, meaning "gorgeous") and 色 itself, helping to form words related to visual qualities, complexion, or chromatic aspects. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard under the Kangxi Radicals block ensures that this historical calligraphic form is digitally preserved for use in text processing, linguistic study, and typography.

General Properties

Code Point U+2F8A
Version Added 3.0
Name Kangxi Radical Color
Block Kangxi Radicals
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Decomposition Type Compat
Decomposition Mapping "色" U+8272 CJK Unified Ideograph-#

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⾊
HTML Hex Encoding ⾊
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0xBE 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2F8A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002F8A
C/C++/Java Escape \u2f8a

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 "色" U+8272 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
NFKC Simple Casefold "色" U+8272 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 8272
Radical Yes