U+2FFA "⿺" Ideographic Description Character Surround from Lower Left Unicode Character

U+2FFA "⿺" Ideographic Description Character Surround from Lower Left is a specialized symbol used within the block of Ideographic Description Characters to graphically represent the structural composition of Chinese characters. Specifically, it indicates that a character is formed by a component that wraps around the lower left side of another component, typically in a two part configuration where the left and bottom edges are enclosed. This character is not meant for regular text but serves as a notation tool in dictionaries, typography, and language processing systems to describe how complex Han ideographs are built from simpler elements.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2FFA
Version Added	3.0
Name	Ideographic Description Character Surround from Lower 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 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2FFA
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002FFA
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2ffa

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