U+2FF7 "⿷" Ideographic Description Character Surround from Left Unicode Character

U+2FF7 "⿷" Ideographic Description Character Surround from Left is a special notation used specifically for describing the structural composition of complex Chinese characters (hanzi) or CJK ideographs, rather than representing a character or word itself. It visually indicates that a component on the left side of a character encloses or surrounds other components on its right, functioning as a symbolic operator within the Ideographic Description Sequences (IDS) standard. This system allows fonts, dictionaries, and digital text encodings to graphically convey how certain characters are formed, such as in the hanzi for "district" or "region," where the left radical wraps around internal elements. As a purely technical descriptor, it is not meant for ordinary text or communication but serves as a tool for linguists, typographers, and software developers working with CJK scripts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2FF7
Version Added	3.0
Name	Ideographic Description Character Surround from Left
Block	Ideographic Description Characters
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	⿷
HTML Hex Encoding	⿷
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xBF 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2FF7
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002FF7
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2ff7

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Han Tangut
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other
IDS Binary Operator	Yes