U+2F97 "⾗" Kangxi Radical Pig Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2F97 "⾗" Kangxi Radical Pig is a graphic representation of the 152nd radical in the Kangxi system of Chinese character classification, which originates from the traditional pictograph for a pig or swine. This radical is used as a component in various Chinese characters where it conveys meanings related to pigs, such as in the words for "home" or "family" (家) and "pig" itself (豬). In modern typography, it serves as a reference symbol for scholars, linguists, and digital font designers, preserving a visual link to the ancient logographic roots of the written Chinese language.

General Properties

Code Point U+2F97
Version Added 3.0
Name Kangxi Radical Pig
Block Kangxi Radicals
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Decomposition Type Compat
Decomposition Mapping "豕" U+8C55 CJK Unified Ideograph-#

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⾗
HTML Hex Encoding ⾗
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0xBE 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2F97
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002F97
C/C++/Java Escape \u2f97

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 "豕" U+8C55 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
NFKC Simple Casefold "豕" U+8C55 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 8C55
Radical Yes