⼠
⼠ (X2F20) is unicode character number 12064, KanjiRadical.
Phonetic
Wiktionary [1] suggests the following pronunciation
シ (tsu), さむらい (samurai).
Semantic
Wiktionary [2] suggests the following meanings: 漢字の部首の一つ。男性に関する意味の漢字を表し、士部を構成。常用漢字では三画。
Kobun [3] suggests more meanings:
① 男子。 出典枕草子 職の御曹司の西面の 「しは己を知る者のために死ぬ」 [訳] 男子は自分をよく理解してくれる人のために死ぬ。
② 学徳の備わったりっぱな人。 出典徒然草 一四三 「博学のしもはかるべからず」 [訳] 学徳の備わったりっぱな人も（臨終について）推測することはできそうにない。
③ 武士。
Encoding
the [unicode-table.com] [4] suggests the following encodings for character ⼠ (X2F20):
| Encoding | hex | dec (bytes) | dec | binary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTF-8 | E2 BC A0 | 226 188 160 | 14859424 | 11100010 10111100 10100000 |
| UTF-16BE | 2F 20 | 47 32 | 12064 | 00101111 00100000 |
| UTF-16LE | 20 2F | 32 47 | 8239 | 00100000 00101111 |
| UTF-32BE | 00 00 2F 20 | 0 0 47 32 | 12064 | 00000000 00000000 00101111 00100000 |
| UTF-32LE | 20 2F 00 00 | 32 47 0 0 | 539951104 | 00100000 00101111 00000000 00000000 |
The Utf8 Encoding of ⼠ (X2F20) and similar characters can be revealed with command
php du.t ±⼟⼠土士
However, file du.t should be loaded for the execution. The output is:
±⼟⼠土士
The array has 14 bytes; here is its splitting:
c2 b1 e2 bc 9f e2 bc a0 e5 9c 9f e5 a3 ab
array(5) {
[0]=>
string(2) "±"
[1]=>
string(3) "⼟"
[2]=>
string(3) "⼠"
[3]=>
string(3) "土"
[4]=>
string(3) "士"
}
Unicode character number 00177 id est, X00B1
Picture: ± ; uses 2 bytes. These bytes are:
XC2 XB1 in the hexadecimal representation and
194 177 in the decimal representation
Unicode character number 12063 id est, X2F1F
Picture: ⼟ ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
XE2 XBC X9F in the hexadecimal representation and
226 188 159 in the decimal representation
Unicode character number 12064 id est, X2F20
Picture: ⼠ ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
XE2 XBC XA0 in the hexadecimal representation and
226 188 160 in the decimal representation
Unicode character number 22303 id est, X571F
Picture: 土 ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
XE5 X9C X9F in the hexadecimal representation and
229 156 159 in the decimal representation
Unicode character number 22763 id est, X58EB
Picture: 士 ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
XE5 XA3 XAB in the hexadecimal representation and
229 163 171 in the decimal representation
(here is end of the output)
The KanjiRadical ⼟ (X2F1F) and the KanjiLiberal 土 (X571F) can be considered as synonyms; their meaning and their pronunciation is similar.
the same refers fo characters ⼠ X2F20 and 士 (X58EB).
Due to the graphical semihance, the characters mentioned may cause confusion. This confusion is recognized [5][6].
Even a Japanese native speaker, looking at characters
±
⼟
土
⼠
士
cannot guess,
which of them is X00B1,
which of them is X2F1F,
which of them is X571F,
which of them is X2F20 and
which of them is X58EB.
References
- ↑
https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E2%BC%A0
https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/⼠ ⼠ .. フリー百科事典ウィキペディアに 士部 の記事があります。 士（シ、さむらい、（冠である場合）さむらいかんむり） 漢字の部首の一つ。男性に関する意味の漢字を表し、士部を構成。常用漢字では三画。 - ↑
https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E2%BC%A0
https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/⼠ ⼠ .. フリー百科事典ウィキペディアに 士部 の記事があります。 士（シ、さむらい、（冠である場合）さむらいかんむり） 漢字の部首の一つ。男性に関する意味の漢字を表し、士部を構成。常用漢字では三画。 - ↑ https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/%E2%BC%A0 https://kobun.weblio.jp/content/⼠ し 【士】 (2021) 名詞 ① 男子。 出典枕草子 職の御曹司の西面の 「しは己を知る者のために死ぬ」 [訳] 男子は自分をよく理解してくれる人のために死ぬ。 ② 学徳の備わったりっぱな人。 出典徒然草 一四三 「博学のしもはかるべからず」 [訳] 学徳の備わったりっぱな人も（臨終について）推測することはできそうにない。 ③ 武士。
- ↑ https://unicode-table.com/en/2F20/ ⼠ Kangxi Radical Scholar U+2F20 Click to copy and paste symbol Technical information Name Kangxi Radical Scholar Unicode number U+2F20 HTML-code ⼠ CSS-code \2F20 Block Kangxi Radicals Unicode version: 3.0 (1999) Symbol meaning Kangxi Radical Scholar. Kangxi Radicals.
- ↑ https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=2F1F ⼟ 2F1F KANGXI RADICAL EARTH Han Script id: allowed confuse: ⼠ , 士 , 土
- ↑ https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/character.jsp?a=58EB 士 58EB CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58EB Han Script id: restricted confuse: ⼠ , 土 , ⼟
Keywords
du.t, Japanese, Kanji, KanjiRadical, PHP, SomeU, Unicode, Utf8, X00B1, X2F1F, X2F20, X571F, X58EB, X7537