U+8F2D "輭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

輭

U+8F2D "輭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a rare and somewhat archaic Chinese character used primarily in classical or literary contexts, often functioning as a variant of the more common character 軟 (ruǎn), which means "soft" or "weak." It is composed of the radical 車 (chē, meaning "cart" or "vehicle") on the left, suggesting a connection to transportation, and a phonetic component on the right that hints at its pronunciation. In historical usage, this character could refer to something pliable, yielding, or flexible, sometimes describing soft materials or a gentle, unyielding nature. Its appearance in modern text is limited, but it remains an interesting example of the depth and diversity within the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) unified ideograph set, reflecting the nuanced evolution of written East Asian languages.

General Properties

Code Point	U+8F2D
Version Added	1.1
Name	CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block	CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	輭
HTML Hex Encoding	輭
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE8 0xBC 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding	0x8F2D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00008F2D
C/C++/Java Escape	\u8f2d

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

kCCCII	233B7D
kCNS1986	E-5324
kCNS1992	3-5324
kCangjie	JJMBK
kCantonese	jyun5
kCihaiT	1304.602
kCowles	4930
kDaeJaweon	1723.060
kDefinition	flexible, pliable; weak, feeble
kEACC	233B7D
kFanqie	而兖
kFennIndex	232.08
kGSR	0238b
kHangul	연:N
kHanYu	53543.150
kHanyuPinyin	53543.150:ruǎn,ér
kHKGlyph	4035
kIRGDaeJaweon	1723.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian	53543.150
kIRGKangXi	1245.280
kIRG_GSource	GE-4E75
kIRG_HSource	H-904D
kIRG_JSource	J13-7C4E
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-7CBB
kIRG_KSource	K2-652F
kIRG_TSource	T3-5324
kJapanese	ナンゼンネンやわらかい
kKoreanName	2015
kJIS0213	1,92,46
kJapaneseKun	NEGURUMA
kJapaneseOn	ZEN NEN NAN
kJis1	6486
kKangXi	1245.280
kLau	3562
kMandarin	ruǎn
kMatthews	3165
kMeyerWempe	3671
kMojiJoho	MJ025656
kMorohashi	38412
kPhonetic	1631
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6	C+17144+159.7.9
kRSUnicode	159.9
kSBGY	293.47
kSemanticVariant	U+8EDF<kHKGlyph,kLau,kMatthews,kMeyerWempe
kSMSZD2003Index	689.01
kTaiwanTelegraph	6554
kTotalStrokes	16
kUnihanCore2020	H
kXerox	322:166
kXHC1983	0976.061:ruǎn