U+2F8C "⾌" Kangxi Radical Tiger Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2F8C "⾌" Kangxi Radical Tiger is a graphical representation of the 141st radical in the Kangxi system of 214 radicals, which is used to index and classify Chinese characters in traditional dictionaries. This radical is derived from the ancient pictograph for "tiger" and is typically found as a component in complex characters that relate to tigers, their attributes, or aspects of wildness and power. In modern Chinese writing, the standalone Chinese character for tiger is 虎, while the radical form 虍 or its variant ⾌ appears in compound characters such as 彪 (stripes or a tiger's markings) and 號 (howl or roar). As part of the Unicode standard, this codepoint enables consistent digital representation and processing of this historical radical across different platforms and systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+2F8C
Version Added 3.0
Name Kangxi Radical Tiger
Block Kangxi Radicals
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Decomposition Type Compat
Decomposition Mapping "虍" U+864D CJK Unified Ideograph-#

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⾌
HTML Hex Encoding ⾌
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0xBE 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2F8C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002F8C
C/C++/Java Escape \u2f8c

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 "虍" U+864D CJK Unified Ideograph-#
NFKC Simple Casefold "虍" U+864D 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 864D
Radical Yes