What 貫 means
It maps to 貫: “pass through” or “connect.”
Historically, 貫 named the cord used to thread coins and a unit of one thousand coins. In Chinese words and compounds, it also carries senses of passing through, linking, or continuing.
Why does this form have a separate code?
It preserves a Hong Kong source mapping.
HKSCS (the Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set) was released in 1999 to encode characters needed in Hong Kong electronic communication and prevent text corruption when systems used different encodings. Unicode’s chart links the HKSCS slot 8FF0 to 貫 and maps that form to 貫.
Who writes 貫
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Questions people ask
1What happens when you normalize 貫?
Unicode normalization can replace 貫 with 貫, so the separate code point can disappear. Unicode also defines 貫 followed by UFE00, a variation selector that requests a glyph form, as the standardized sequence for this variant.
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How to type or find 貫
- Search it as
- 2f9d4 · 8ff0 · hkscs · 貫 variant · 貫 compatibility form · hong kong han character
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
貫\2F9D4Codes and encoding1 code points
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