What 芑 means
It represents the character 芑. Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese dictionary, describes 芑 as grain with pale shoots; 艹 signals a plant and 己 its sound. The Book of Songs, a Chinese poetry collection, uses 芑 in “Cai qi” (采芑), traditionally glossed as bitter greens; other glosses identify millet.
Why is 芑 preserved separately?
It preserves a legacy encoding distinction. Taiwan’s CNS 11643-1992 character set assigned it a separate mapping. Unicode retains it for round-trip conversion, so text can return to its original CNS mapping after passing through Unicode. Normalization merges it with 芑.
Who writes 芑
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Questions people ask
1Can normalization change 芑 to 芑?
Yes. Unicode normalization maps both encoded forms to 芑, so the source distinction disappears. Text kept without normalization can retain 芑.
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How to type or find 芑
- Search it as
- 芑 · 2f98f · 芑 · cns 11643
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
芑\2F98FCodes and encoding1 code points
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