What 戛 means
It preserves a variant glyph of 戛, whose old gloss is “halberd.”
The Chinese character dictionary 說文解字 (Shuowen Jiezi) records 戛 around 100 CE as 戟, a pole weapon. The character also means “strike”; 戛然 can describe a metal-or-stone clash or abrupt stop.
Why does 戛 normalize to 戛?
Normalization can fold 戛 into 戛.
This compatibility form supports round-trip conversion with CNS 11643-1992, an East Asian character standard; its source tag is T6-4023. The standardized variant sequence is 戛︀ (戛 followed by UFE00).
A font or app that ignores the selector may show ordinary 戛. Keep 戛 or 戛︀ only when the source distinction matters.
Who writes 戛
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Questions people ask
1Why does 戛 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find 戛
- Search it as
- 戛 · 戛然 · 戞 · halberd
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
戛\2F8B3Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.