KANGXI RADICAL SCRIPT·U+2F42

Character Information

Code Point
U+2F42
HEX
2F42
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Symbol

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E2 BD 82
11100010 10111101 10000010
UTF16 (big Endian)
2F 42
00101111 01000010
UTF16 (little Endian)
42 2F
01000010 00101111
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 2F 42
00000000 00000000 00101111 01000010
UTF32 (little Endian)
42 2F 00 00
01000010 00101111 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
⽂
URI Encoded
%E2%BD%82

Description

U+2F42 Kangxi Radical Script is a unique character in the Unicode Standard that represents a specific component of Chinese characters, known as a radical. In digital text, it is used to denote the presence of the Kangxi radical within a character, helping users and systems identify the meaning and context of complex Chinese characters. The Kangxi Radical Script originates from the Kangxi Dictionary, compiled by the Emperor Kangxi during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912), which served as an authoritative reference for Chinese lexicography. The character U+2F42 contributes to the understanding and analysis of Chinese characters, facilitating accurate input, search, and retrieval in digital environments. This Unicode character plays a crucial role in various language processing applications, such as text normalization, character recognition, and information extraction in the fields of linguistics and computer science.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 12098 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.

  1. Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout

    The character has the Unicode code point U+2F42. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of 0x0800 to 0xffff.

    Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 16 bits within the final 24 bits and that it will have the format: 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
    Where the x are the payload bits.

    UTF-8 Encoding bit layout by codepoint range
    Codepoint RangeBytesBit patternPayload length
    U+0000 - U+007F10xxxxxxx7 bits
    U+0080 - U+07FF2110xxxxx 10xxxxxx11 bits
    U+0800 - U+FFFF31110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx16 bits
    U+10000 - U+10FFFF411110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx21 bits
  2. Step 2: Obtain the payload bits:

    Convert the hexadecimal code point U+2F42 to binary: 00101111 01000010. Those are the payload bits.

  3. Step 3: Fill in the bits to match the bit pattern:

    Obtain the final bytes by arranging the paylod bits to match the bit layout:
    11100010 10111101 10000010