What 𣑭 means
Its canonical mapping is 𣑭. Unicode normalization rewrites this compatibility character as its unified counterpart. The separate code point preserves round-trip conversion with Taiwan’s CNS character standard. The standardized sequence 𣑭︀ (𣑭 followed by VS1) requests the corresponding glyph without keeping the separate compatibility code point.
The underlying 𣑭 is a written variant of 柵, the Han character for a wooden fence. The Liao-era character dictionary Longkan Shoujian, with a preface dated 997, and Lìbiàn, a reference work on historical clerical-script forms, both record the older form. Its written history is older than its later role in text exchange.
A legacy interchange form, not the usual choice for newly written Han text.
Normalization changes 𣑭 to 𣑭 and removes its separate code point.
Who writes 𣑭
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𣑭 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 𣑭
- Search it as
- 𣑭 · 𣑭︀ · u+2f8e3 · cns 11643 · variant character · unicode normalization
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𣑭\2F8E3Why is 𣑭 a box on my screen?
fsymbols draws rare signs with its own fonts, so they show here even where your device has none. An app or website without such a font shows an empty box (□) or a question mark instead. Turn our fonts off to see each sign as your device draws it by itself: a box here means a box in your chats and documents too.
Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.