U+31C8 "㇈" CJK Stroke Hzwg Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+31C8 "㇈" CJK Stroke Hzwg is a specialized graphical component used in the representation of Chinese characters, specifically defined as a stroke abbreviation for "horizontal zigzag." It belongs to the CJK Strokes block, which standardizes the individual brush or pen movements that form East Asian ideographs. This particular stroke is a composite form, combining a horizontal line with a zigzag or wavy segment, and it appears as a distinct writing unit in certain complex characters, particularly in historical or calligraphic contexts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately reproduce the precise stroke order and shape required for scholarly, typographic, and educational use of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+31C8
Version Added 4.1
Name CJK Stroke Hzwg
Block CJK Strokes
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ㇈
HTML Hex Encoding ㇈
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE3 0x87 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding 0x31C8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000031C8
C/C++/Java Escape \u31c8

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
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other