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沿

cjk compatibility ideograph-2f8fc

Compatibility form of 沿

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沿 is a compatibility form of 沿, not a separate everyday word. Unicode keeps it for round-trip conversion through Taiwan's CNS 11643 character set; for new text, 沿 is the ordinary form.

Text symbol

What 沿 means

It preserves the CNS 11643 code corresponding to 沿. T6-2C5B is its source position in Taiwan's CNS 11643 character set. The separate Unicode form lets software convert a CNS text into Unicode and back without losing its original CNS code.

NFC, a standard way to normalize Unicode text, changes 沿 to 沿. The text keeps the character but loses the distinction between the original codes.

Who writes 沿

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Questions people ask

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Why does 沿 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.

How to type or find 沿

Search it as
沿 variant · 沿 alternate form · CNS 11643 沿 · T6-2C5B
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 2F8FC, then AltX to get 沿.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “cjk compatibility ideograph-2f8fc”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 2f8fc, then Enter or Space.
HTML
沿
CSS
\2F8FC
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
沿
HTML hex
沿
CSS content
content: "\2F8FC";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AF%A3%BC
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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