U+2FA6 "⾦" Kangxi Radical Gold Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⾦
U+2FA6 "⾦" Kangxi Radical Gold is one of the 214 traditional Kangxi radicals used in Chinese character classification, representing the concept of gold or metal. This specific character is a graphic variant of the standard radical number 167, which is usually written as "金" in modern Chinese script. In its radical form, it appears in many compound characters related to metals, minerals, and wealth, such as "银" (silver) and "铁" (iron). Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent digital representation across platforms, preserving its role in historical and modern East Asian writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2FA6 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Kangxi Radical Gold |
| Block | Kangxi Radicals |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "金" U+91D1 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⾦ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⾦ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xBE 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2FA6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002FA6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2fa6 |
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 | "金" U+91D1 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "金" U+91D1 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 | 91D1 |
| Radical | Yes |