U+42FF "䋿" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

The Unicode character 42FF "䋿" Private Use Area is a reserved code point within the Unicode standard that does not represent a specific, universally defined character or glyph. Instead, it is part of the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A block designated for private or custom use, meaning that software, font designers, or individuals can assign their own meaning or symbol to this code point for specialized applications, such as in corporate fonts, custom symbols and emojis, internal text encoding, or legacy systems. Because its appearance and function are entirely dependent on the private conventions adopted by a particular user or developer, the character has no guaranteed representation across different platforms or devices, and its use outside of that private context can lead to missing or incorrectly displayed text.

General Properties

Code Point U+42FF
Version Added 3.0
Name CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 䋿
HTML Hex Encoding 䋿
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE4 0x8B 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding 0x42FF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000042FF
C/C++/Java Escape \u42ff

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 Han
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes
Unified Ideograph Yes

Unihan Properties

kCangjie VFWMV
kCantonese wui1
kDefinition a decorative knot made of colorful silk (blue, yellow, red, white and black)
kFanqie 烏恢
kGB3 7716
kHanYu 53427.040
kHanyuPinyin 53427.040:wēi
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 53427.040
kIRGKangXi 0932.090
kIRG_GSource G3-6D30
kIRG_JSource JMJ-003569
kIRG_KPSource KP1-678D
kIRG_TSource T4-4C3F
kJapanese ワイ エ
kKangXi 0932.090
kMandarin wēi
kMojiJoho MJ003569
kMorohashi 27694
kPhonetic 1428*
kRSUnicode 120.9
kSBGY 096.18
kSimplifiedVariant "𦈓" U+26213 CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kTotalStrokes 15