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
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