What 娛 means
The character it stands for is 娛, whose core sense is joy.
The Han-era dictionary Shuowen Jiezi (completed 100 CE) defines 娛 as joy, with 女 as its meaning component and 吳 as its sound component. In his 353 CE preface for poems from the Orchid Pavilion gathering, Chinese calligrapher Wang Xizhi uses 娛 for pleasure in seeing and hearing. Chinese dictionaries also list “to please” and “comfort” as senses. Unicode maps 娛 to 娛 and keeps Taiwan’s CNS 11643-1992 position T6-364D for round-trip conversion.
Unicode normalization maps 娛 to 娛, losing the source-position distinction. Use 娛 in ordinary writing; retain 娛 when a record must preserve that exact CNS form.
Who writes 娛
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Questions people ask
1Does normalization preserve the distinction?
No. Unicode normalization maps 娛 to 娛, so the separate CNS source-position identity is lost.
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How to type or find 娛
- Search it as
- u+2f863 · 2f863 · 娛 · cns 11643 · t6-364d
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
娛\2F863Codes and encoding1 code points
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