What 瀹 means
It is a compatibility form of 瀹 with its own code point.
The meaning of 瀹 is much older than this code point. Xu Shen (58–147 CE) compiled Shuowen Jiezi, an early Han-era Chinese character dictionary, which glosses 瀹 as soaking. The Yili, a ritual manual, uses it for soaked grain; the Mencius, a classical Chinese text, uses it for clearing river channels; and a Song-era essay by Su Shi uses it for cooking millet.
The code point U2F913 is a later compatibility encoding, not a newly coined word or message.
Does U2F913 normalize to 瀹?
Yes. Unicode normalization maps it to 瀹.
U2F913 is canonically equivalent to U7039 瀹, so Unicode normalization rewrites the compatibility form as the unified character. The standardized variation sequence 瀹︀ (瀹 followed by UFE00) preserves its associated glyph distinction.
Reserve 瀹 for faithful conversion between Unicode and the relevant Taiwan standard. For ordinary writing, use 瀹, adding UFE00 when that glyph distinction matters.
An encoding-level form for legacy Han-character data, not a separate word or social signal.
Normalization can replace 瀹 with 瀹; keep the glyph variant only when the source form matters.
Who writes 瀹
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Questions people ask
1Why does 瀹 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 瀹
- Search it as
- 瀹 · 2f913 · u+2f913 · 瀹 · 7039 · u+7039
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
瀹\2F913Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.