What 朗 means
Same underlying character, distinct code point. 朗 means “bright” or “clear” and can also describe speech that is clear and resonant. This 朗 variant changes the written form, not the word.
The Shuowen Jiezi, a dictionary from the Eastern Han (an ancient Chinese dynasty), glosses 朗 as “bright” and identifies 良 as its sound component. This form lets text move into Unicode and back while retaining its original source code.
Who writes 朗
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1How can I preserve 朗’s glyph form?
Use the standardized sequence 朗︂ (朗 plus variation selector UFE02). It survives normalization, the process that standardizes text; 朗 itself normalizes to 朗. A font must support this sequence to show the specific glyph.
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How to type or find 朗
- Search it as
- 朗 variant · 朗 Unicode · CNS 11643
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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macOS
HTML
朗CSS
\2F8D8Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
朗
HTML hex
朗
CSS content
content: "\2F8D8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AF%A3%98
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.