⿃

⿃, X2FC3 is Unicode character number 12227.

It is interpreted as Kanji Radical (see KanjiRadical).

HTML Entry:
⿃ (& # 1 2 2 2 7 ;)
⿃ (& # x 2 F C 3 ;)

Encoding: ⿃ and 鳥

The Utf8 encoding of character ⿃ (⿃, X2FC3) and that of the similar character 鳥, X9CE5 can be revealed using the dump.t program with command

php dump.t ⿃鳥

In order to execute it, files dump.t, mb_str_split.t, unichr.t, uniord.t should be loaded. The output is

⿃鳥
The array has 6 bytes; here is its splitting:
e2 bf 83 e9 b3 a5 
array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(3) "⿃"
  [1]=>
  string(3) "鳥"
}

Unicode character number 12227 id est, [[X2FC3]]
Picture: ⿃ ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
xE2 xBF x83 in the hexadecimal representation and
226 191 131 in the decimal representation

Unicode character number 40165 id est, [[X9CE5]]
Picture: 鳥 ; uses 3 bytes. These bytes are:
xE9 xB3 xA5 in the hexadecimal representation and
233 179 165 in the decimal representation

Semantic

In Chinese and Japanese languages, Character ⿃, X2FC3 can be used to denote a generic bird, without to indicate the specie.

Character 鳥, X9CE5 has similar meaning.

Phonetic

In Japanese, character ⿃, X2FC3 can be pronounced as "とり" ("Tori")

Character 鳥, X9CE5 has similar pronunciation.

Confusion

Character number 12227 ⿃,X2FC3 (KanjiRadical) looks similar to character number 40165 鳥,X9CE5 (KanjiLiberal).

Characters ⿃ and 鳥 can be confused. This confusion is recognized and described in the literature .

Keywords

Bird, Chinese, Japanese, Kanji, KanjiLiberal, KanjiRadical, SomeH, SomeU, Tori, TORI, Unicode, UtfH, X2FC3, X9CE5, ⿃, 鳥