What 弢 means
It is a compatibility form of 弢, Mandarin tāo, meaning “bow case.”
The classical Chinese book Guoyu pairs it with an empty quiver (an arrow case). The Han dynasty dictionary Shuowen Jiezi calls it a “bow garment”; Chinese sources also use it for a general case and for concealment, as with 韜.
Why does Hong Kong use 弢?
It preserves a Hong Kong encoding distinction.
Under HKSCS-2008, Hong Kong’s Supplementary Character Set, Big5 code FC48 maps to 弢. This separate form lets older Hong Kong text convert to Unicode and back without merging the entry into 弢.
Who writes 弢
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Questions people ask
1Does normalization change 弢?
Yes. Unicode normalization replaces it with 弢, keeping the character’s meaning but losing its separate compatibility code point.
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How to type or find 弢
- Search it as
- 弢 · tāo · big5 · hkscs · fc48
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
弢\2F894弢 in HTML; the browser resolves it to this character.Codes and encoding1 code points
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