U+2F8E "⾎" Kangxi Radical Blood Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2F8E "⾎" Kangxi Radical Blood is the graphic representation of the 143rd radical in the Kangxi system, which is based on the traditional Chinese character for blood (血). This radical is commonly used as a component in more complex characters, where it often conveys meanings related to blood, bodily fluids, or sacrifice. In standard texts, it typically appears in a stylized, compact form that retains the core visual elements of a vessel containing liquid. As a historical and structural element of written Chinese, it helps organize characters in dictionaries and provides semantic clues for learners and readers of the language.

General Properties

Code Point U+2F8E
Version Added 3.0
Name Kangxi Radical Blood
Block Kangxi Radicals
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Decomposition Type Compat
Decomposition Mapping "血" U+8840 CJK Unified Ideograph-#

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⾎
HTML Hex Encoding ⾎
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0xBE 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2F8E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002F8E
C/C++/Java Escape \u2f8e

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 "血" U+8840 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
NFKC Simple Casefold "血" U+8840 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 8840
Radical Yes