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鼏

cjk compatibility ideograph-2fa1a

Compatibility form of 鼏

鼏 denotes 鼏, a Chinese character for a cover over a vessel. Its separate code preserves a source entry from Taiwan’s CNS 11643 character set during conversion. Unicode normalization can turn 鼏 into 鼏.

Text symbol
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鼏 · cns 11643 · ding lid · cauldron cover
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 鼏 means

A legacy form of 鼏, the character for a vessel cover.

Two classical Chinese books of ritual instructions, Liji (Book of Rites) and Yili, use 鼏 for coverings: one describes cloth over a wine vessel; the other, a lid lifted from a ding, a tripod cooking cauldron. The books preserve these practical uses.

Why is 鼏 a separate code?

To preserve a mapping in Taiwan’s CNS character set.

Unicode reserved this form for round trips with CNS 11643. Taiwan’s register maps source code 5-5351 to 鼏 and 2-563D to 鼏, marking them as the same glyph.

Questions people ask

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Does Unicode normalization change 鼏?

Yes. Canonical normalization maps it to 鼏, so the separate code point disappears. Unicode defines 鼏︀ (鼏 followed by an invisible variation selector) to preserve its glyph distinction through normalization.

How to type 鼏

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2FA1A, then Alt+X to get 鼏.
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-2fa1a”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2fa1a, then Enter or Space.
HTML
鼏
CSS
\2FA1A
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
鼏
HTML hex
鼏
CSS content
content: "\2FA1A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AF%A8%9A
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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.

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