U+31E0 "㇠" CJK Stroke Hxwg Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+31E0 "㇠" CJK Stroke Hxwg is a specialized glyph used within the set of standardized CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) stroke forms, representing a specific handwriting stroke known as "Hxwg," which combines a horizontal line with a slightly curved hook or tail. It is part of the CJK Strokes block in Unicode, designed to help accurately describe and reproduce the component strokes of East Asian characters in educational materials, font design, and digital text processing. This character allows for precise annotation of calligraphic or typed characters where stroke order and shape are important, and it serves to distinguish this particular stroke from others like the related "Hxg" or "Hzzg" strokes. By providing a codepoint for such a refined stroke, Unicode supports the detailed representation of logographic writing systems beyond full characters, aiding in linguistic analysis and technical documentation.

General Properties

Code Point U+31E0
Version Added 5.1
Name CJK Stroke Hxwg
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 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding 0x31E0
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000031E0
C/C++/Java Escape \u31e0

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 4E59