U+2F9F "⾟" Kangxi Radical Bitter Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⾟
U+2F9F "⾟" Kangxi Radical Bitter is a representation of the 179th radical in the Kangxi system of Chinese character classification, known as "辛" (xīn), which traditionally conveys meanings related to bitterness, acridness, toil, or hardship. This radical is derived from the ancient pictograph of a knife or tool used for punishment or tattooing, symbolizing suffering or labor. In modern and historical Chinese script, it appears as a component in characters such as 辣 (spicy) and 辣 (bitter), often indicating a connection to unpleasant tastes or strenuous experiences.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2F9F |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Kangxi Radical Bitter |
| Block | Kangxi Radicals |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "辛" U+8F9B CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⾟ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⾟ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xBE 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2F9F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002F9F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2f9f |
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 | "辛" U+8F9B CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "辛" U+8F9B 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 | 8F9B |
| Radical | Yes |