U+2FFA "" Ideographic Description Character Surround from Lower Left Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+2FFA "" Ideographic Description Character Surround from Lower Left is a specialized symbol used within the block of Ideographic Description Characters to graphically represent the structural composition of Chinese characters. Specifically, it indicates that a character is formed by a component that wraps around the lower left side of another component, typically in a two part configuration where the left and bottom edges are enclosed. This character is not meant for regular text but serves as a notation tool in dictionaries, typography, and language processing systems to describe how complex Han ideographs are built from simpler elements.

General Properties

Code Point
U+2FFA
Name
Ideographic Description Character Surround from Lower Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
⿺
HTML Hex Encoding
⿺
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0xBF 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2FFA
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002FFA
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2ffa