What 﨤 means
It is a rare character used in Japanese names and places. In 﨤町, the name reading is sori-machi (そりまち); the spelling is associated with 返.
A Japanese lexicon links an early form found in the Guodian Chu slips—ancient Chinese texts written on bamboo strips—with 及. The slips date to the mid-fourth to early third century BCE. Modern Japanese references link 﨤 with 返 and tentatively suggest that a cursive handwritten form of 返 was misread when set in type.
FA24 was retained so text from older East Asian encodings, including IBM's 32-character set, could make a round trip through Unicode. Nagano's 1871 administrative record includes 﨤目, read sori-me (そりめ).
Why does 﨤 look different?
A Han font can change its outline, not the character. When font fallback selects a font designed for another regional Han convention, 﨤 may look different. The stored character remains FA24.
Rare and tied to names and records: use 﨤 when reproducing a person's or place's spelling.
Do not replace it with 返 in a recorded name.
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Who writes 﨤
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What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readingsRead sori-machi (そりまち); a rare surname spelling associated with 返.
Don't confuse it with
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2Questions people ask
2Why doesn't Unicode normalize 﨤 to 返?
No. Unicode 17.0 gives FA24 no canonical mapping to 返, so standard text normalization keeps 﨤 unchanged.
Why does 﨤 resemble 返 in some fonts?
Font fallback can select a different regional Han design and change the visible outline. The stored character remains the same.
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How to type or find 﨤
- Search it as
- FA24 · U+FA24 · 﨤町 · 﨤目 · そりまち · そりめ · 返 · 及
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
﨤\FA24Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.