What 菧 means
菧 is the cjk compatibility ideograph-2f99e. Unicode classifies it as a letter and files it in the CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement block; this site shelves it under Chinese, Japanese & Korean.
Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.
How it is encoded
菧 is a single code point, U+2F99E. In HTML that is 菧, and in CSS \2F99E.
Questions people ask
1Why does 菧 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type 菧
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2F99E, then Alt+X to get 菧.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “cjk compatibility ideograph-2f99e”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2f99e, then Enter or Space.
HTML
菧CSS
\2F99ECodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
菧
HTML hex
菧
CSS content
content: "\2F99E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AF%A6%9E
1
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.