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僧

cjk compatibility ideograph-2f80a

CJK compatibility ideograph 2F80A

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僧 is a compatibility form of 僧, the character meaning Buddhist monk. It lets text move to Taiwan’s CNS 11643-1992 character standard and back without losing the original character; it has no separate word meaning.

Text symbol

What 僧 means

Unicode normalization maps it to 僧.

Unicode also defines a standardized variation sequence, U+50E7 U+FE01, for the source glyph: 僧 followed by an invisible selector that asks a compatible font to show that form. Normalization is software’s process for making equivalent text consistent.

Who writes 僧

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Questions people ask

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Why does 僧 show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type or find 僧

Search it as
僧 · monk · CNS 11643 · 僧 variant
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 2F80A, then AltX to get 僧.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “cjk compatibility ideograph-2f80a”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 2f80a, then Enter or Space.
HTML
僧
CSS
\2F80A
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
僧
HTML hex
僧
CSS content
content: "\2F80A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AF%A0%8A
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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