What 𥄙 means
It preserves the old written form of 視, “to see.”
The Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese dictionary, identifies 𥄙 as an ancient form of 視. Taiwan’s CNS 11643-1992 standard kept a separate character position for a source form that Unicode links to 𥄚; 𥄙 carries that source distinction while its canonical counterpart is 𥄙.
Why does 𥄙 change shape?
Text normalization can merge it with its base character.
Unicode maps 𥄙 canonically to 𥄙. A text-cleanup step called normalization may replace it with 𥄙, discarding the source-specific distinction.
Who writes 𥄙
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𥄙 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 𥄙
- Search it as
- 𥄙 · u+2f943 · 𥄙 · 𥄚 · 視 · see · look
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𥄙\2F943Why is 𥄙 a box on my screen?
fsymbols draws rare signs with its own fonts, so they show here even where your device has none. An app or website without such a font shows an empty box (□) or a question mark instead. Turn our fonts off to see each sign as your device draws it by itself: a box here means a box in your chats and documents too.
Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.