U+2F8F "⾏" Kangxi Radical Walk Enclosure Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2F8F "⾏" Kangxi Radical Walk Enclosure is a graphic representation of one of the 214 traditional Kangxi radicals, specifically radical number 144, which is associated with the concept of walking or moving. This character serves as a stylized form of the radical found in historical Chinese dictionaries like the Kangxi Dictionary, where it appears as an enclosure component in complex characters. In modern usage, it is distinct from the similar-looking standard Chinese character for "walk" (行), as this Unicode version is intended for use in indexing and displaying the radical itself rather than representing a full word. Its design captures the essence of a path or stride, and it is often employed in linguistic or educational contexts to discuss the structure of Han characters.

General Properties

Code Point U+2F8F
Version Added 3.0
Name Kangxi Radical Walk Enclosure
Block Kangxi Radicals
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Decomposition Type Compat
Decomposition Mapping "行" U+884C CJK Unified Ideograph-#

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⾏
HTML Hex Encoding ⾏
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0xBE 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2F8F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002F8F
C/C++/Java Escape \u2f8f

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 "行" U+884C CJK Unified Ideograph-#
NFKC Simple Casefold "行" U+884C 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 884C
Radical Yes