U+2FFB "⿻" Ideographic Description Character Overlaid Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+2FFB "⿻" Ideographic Description Character Overlaid is a special-purpose symbol used primarily in written descriptions of Chinese characters, specifically to indicate that two or more components are overlaid or superimposed on one another, such as in the character 春, where components like 人 and 日 are combined in an overlapping structure. It belongs to the Ideographic Description Characters block (U+2FF0 to U+2FFF), which provides a set of 12 such characters that serve as a notation system for representing complex CJK ideographs without relying on graphic images or specific fonts. By using these description characters, lexicographers, linguists, and software developers can unambiguously encode the composition of ideographs in plain text, enabling more efficient data processing and cross-platform communication within the digital representation of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
⿻ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
⿻ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE2 0xBF 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x2FFB |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00002FFB |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u2ffb |
Unicode Properties