U+2F53 "⽓" Kangxi Radical Steam Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+2F53 "⽓" Kangxi Radical Steam is a graphical representation of the Kangxi Radical number 84, which originally symbolizes steam, vapor, or breath rising upward in traditional Chinese script. As part of the Kangxi radicals, this character is not used as a standalone word in modern Chinese but serves as a structural component in compound ideographs, often conveying concepts related to air, gas, or energy. It appears in the Unicode block for CJK Kangxi Radicals, a system of 214 radicals used historically for categorizing Chinese characters in dictionaries, and it retains a stylized, calligraphic form that reflects its ancient origins in oracle bone and bronze inscriptions.
General Properties
Code Point
U+2F53
Name
Kangxi Radical Steam
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
⽓
HTML Hex Encoding
⽓
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0xBD 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2F53
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002F53
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2f53
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
NFKC Casefold
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Han
Equivalent Unified Ideograph
6C14