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洖

cjk compatibility ideograph-2f8ff

Variant of 洖

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洖 is a compatibility form of 洖, a Chinese character used in names. Taiwan’s CNS 11643 preserves it in text conversion; normalization returns it to 洖.

Text symbol

What 洖 means

It is a coded variant of 洖, used in a personal name. CNS 11643 assigns code 6-3239 so conversion to Unicode and back keeps this form.

洖, read wú in Mandarin, occurs in the Tang-era name 洖地蒙.

A technical record preserving this form in the CNS character set.

As of 2024, Windows’ default fonts lacked it; a CNS font package supplied the glyph.

Who writes 洖

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Questions people ask

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Why does 洖 become 洖?

By design: Unicode normalization, a process that puts equivalent text into one standard form, maps 洖 to 洖. To preserve the variant in normalized text, use 洖 followed by the invisible variation selector UFE00.

How to type or find 洖

Search it as
洖 · 洖 variant · CNS 11643 · 6-3239
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 2F8FF, then AltX to get 洖.
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-2f8ff”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 2f8ff, then Enter or Space.
HTML
洖
CSS
\2F8FF
How to enter 洖 in HTML
Write 洖 in HTML source.
Python string
Use \U0002F8FF in a Unicode string literal.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
洖
HTML hex
洖
CSS content
content: "\2F8FF";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AF%A3%BF
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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.

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