What 秫 means
It encodes 秫, not a separate Chinese word.
Unicode maps it to 秫 , a name for glutinous millet. The Han-era Shuowen Jiezi, a Chinese character dictionary, glosses 秫 as sticky 稷, a cereal; later Chinese glosses broaden it to sticky grains.
A Chinese character reference says 秫 was first written 朮, then gained 禾, the grain marker. In Japanese, 秫 is read mochiawa (“glutinous foxtail millet”); a dictionary cites that spelling in the Engishiki (927), a book of court regulations.
Should I use 秫 in ordinary writing?
Use 秫 for ordinary writing.
This code point serves round-trip conversion with Taiwan’s CNS 11643-1992. Unicode says to use the block only for that purpose. Even NFC normalization turns 秫 into 秫, erasing the distinction.
Who writes 秫
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Questions people ask
1Why does 秫 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 秫
- Search it as
- 秫 · cns 11643
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
秫\2F957Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.