U+31D7 "㇗" CJK Stroke Sz Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+31D7 "㇗" CJK Stroke Sz is a specialized ideographic stroke component used in the written representation of Chinese characters, specifically as a downward leftward diagonal stroke that often appears in the Kangxi radical system and other CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) calligraphy or dictionary contexts. This character is part of the CJK Strokes block in Unicode, which provides distinct codepoints for individual brushstrokes to facilitate the precise digital encoding and analysis of stroke order and composition in East Asian scripts. The Sz stroke, sometimes referred to as a "barb" or "slash" stroke, is not a standalone character in typical text but rather a typographic or educational tool for describing the structure of complex logographs, such as those found in the character 戈 (gē, meaning "spear") where it appears as part of the overall shape. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard supports linguistic research, font development, and the accurate description of character forms wi

General Properties

Code Point U+31D7
Version Added 5.1
Name CJK Stroke Sz
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 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding 0x31D7
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000031D7
C/C++/Java Escape \u31d7

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
Equivalent Unified Ideograph 200CA