What 庳 means
It encodes 庳, a Han character meaning “low” or “short.”
Classical Chinese texts use 庳 for a low dwelling and for things described as low or short. Examples appear in the Zuozhuan (a chronicle), the Records of the Grand Historian, and the Rites of Zhou.
In Taiwan’s CNS 11643 character-encoding standard, its source code is T6-3F45. Unicode keeps this code point for round-trip conversion, so the source mapping can be preserved. It is an encoding form of 庳, not a separate everyday word.
Questions people ask
1Will normalization keep 庳 separate?
No. Unicode normalization maps 庳 to 庳, so text processing can change the exact compatibility code point.
How to type 庳
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2F88C, then Alt+X to get 庳.
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-2f88c”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2f88c, then Enter or Space.
HTML
庳CSS
\2F88CHTML
For 庳, HTML source uses the numeric character reference `庳`.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
庳
HTML hex
庳
CSS content
content: "\2F88C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AF%A2%8C
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.