CJK Compatibility Ideograph-2F962

In Microsoft Word, enter 2F962 and press Alt+X.

If hexadecimal characters sit immediately before the code, select only 2F962 before pressing Alt+X.

What does 篆 mean?

It is a compatibility form of 篆, meaning seal-script writing in Chinese.

In Chinese, 篆 names older traditional writing styles that predate clerical script, a later script style. Its narrower modern use usually means small seal script, a formal style of Han writing; as a verb, it can mean to write or engrave in that style.

Unicode lists this form among the duplicate characters from Taiwan’s CNS 11643-1992 character standard; the extra code point lets conversion to and from that standard round-trip. Normalization can turn 篆 into 篆. The standardized sequence 篆︀ (篆 followed by U+FE00, a variation selector) preserves the distinction through normalization when fonts and software support it.