What ⺱ means
It labels the net component in reference works.
A “radical” is a standard component used to organize or describe Chinese characters. ⺱ labels that component; it is not a word.
The older graph appears on oracle bones—bones and shells inscribed during the Shang dynasty in early China—and later on bronze and in seal, clerical, and regular scripts, successive Chinese writing styles. ⺱ is a later lookup form.
Fonts draw its strokes, so they can vary by device.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does ⺱ show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the CJK Radicals Supplement block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find ⺱
- Search it as
- net radical · net component · CJK radical · 罓 · radical symbol
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
⺱\2EB1Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.