What 災 means
It is a compatibility form mapped to 災, the Chinese character for disaster.
Taiwan’s CNS 11643-1992 character-encoding standard records it at source position 6-2C60; a variant-character list published in 2007 also includes it. Unicode kept a separate code point so text converted from CNS can be converted back without losing that source position. Compatibility normalization (NFKC) maps 災 to 災.
Who writes 災
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 災 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 災
- Search it as
- 災 · u+2f918 · cns 6-2c60 · cns 11643 · 災 variant
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
災CSS
\2F918Windows fonts
As of 2026, Windows default fonts omit 災. Install a CNS font package to display it; its instructions support Unicode-code input after installation.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
災
HTML hex
災
CSS content
content: "\2F918";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AF%A4%98
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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.