U+FAA3 "画" CJK Compatibility Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+FAA3 "画" CJK Compatibility Ideograph-# is a character defined within the CJK Compatibility Ideographs block, which was primarily included in Unicode for round-trip compatibility with older non-Unicode character sets and legacy encoding standards. This specific ideograph corresponds to a variant or simplified form of a traditional East Asian character, often representing a historical or regional glyph that might not be used in modern standardized writing. Its "Compatibility" designation means it is not typically recommended for new text composition, as equivalent modern Unicode characters from the CJK Unified Ideographs block are preferred for accurate digital representation and proper interoperation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+FAA3
Version Added	4.1
Name	CJK Compatibility Ideograph-#
Block	CJK Compatibility Ideographs
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Canonical
Decomposition Mapping	"画" U+753B CJK Unified Ideograph-#

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	画
HTML Hex Encoding	画
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEF 0xAA 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding	0xFAA3
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000FAA3
C/C++/Java Escape	\ufaa3

Unicode Properties

Full Composition Exclusion	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"画" U+753B CJK Unified Ideograph-#
NFKC Simple Casefold	"画" U+753B CJK Unified Ideograph-#
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

Unihan Properties

kCompatibilityVariant	U+753B
kIRG_KPSource	KP1-5ABB
kRSUnicode	102.3
kTotalStrokes	8