What 㱎 means
HTML: 㱎; JavaScript: \u{2F8F2}.
In JavaScript, the braced escape works in a string literal. Text normalization can turn 㱎 into 㱎, so the visible form may look right while the exact encoded character has changed.
Why does 㱎 have a separate form?
It preserves a Taiwanese source-character distinction.
Unicode maps 㱎 to 㱎 and records its source as T7-5E72: T7 is plane 7 of Taiwan's CNS 11643-1992 Chinese Standard Interchange Code. This mapping lets older text move into Unicode and back without losing its source entry.
The mapped character has an older history too: the Shuowen Jiezi, a Chinese character dictionary compiled around 100 CE, explains it with a phrase glossed as “unknowable.”
Keep this form when the Taiwan-standard source distinction matters; its mapped character is 㱎.
Normalization can replace 㱎 with 㱎 and lose the exact encoded distinction.
Who writes 㱎
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Questions people ask
1Will normalization preserve 㱎?
Not necessarily. Unicode maps it canonically to 㱎. Unicode also defines 㱎 UFE00, where the invisible variation selector requests the corresponding glyph form; display depends on the font.
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How to type or find 㱎
- Search it as
- 㱎 · 2f8f2 · 㱎 · 𣤿 · cns 11643 · t7-5e72 · unicode variant
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
㱎\2F8F2㱎; the browser resolves it to 㱎.\u{2F8F2} inside a string literal.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.