What 﨡 means
In Japanese, 﨡 is a name kanji with an older beetle sense.
﨡 is a 国字 (kokuji), a kanji made in Japan. In 﨡原, it reads にい (“nee,” with a long ee). Old Japanese dictionaries give タマムシ (“jewel beetle”). The earliest trail reaches the mid-15th century, in dictionaries 下学集 and 節用集. Unicode 18.0 groups it under “IBM 32 compatibility ideographs” but marks it unified, with no equivalent listed.
Japanese use is usually name-centered.
As of 2026-09-14, fonts may draw 﨡 differently; don't substitute another kanji.
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Who writes 﨡
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsRead Niihara; 﨡 is にい (“nee,” with a long ee).
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Questions people ask
1Why does 﨡 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.
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How to type or find 﨡
- Search it as
- Niihara · にいはら · タマムシ · sên · kokuji · jewel beetle
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
﨡\FA21Codes and encoding1 code points
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