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cjk compatibility ideograph-fa27

CJK Compatibility Ideograph FA27

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There is no dependable one-word gloss for 﨧; context has to do the work. Its record runs from a pre-Qin quotation and a Japanese personal name to IBM Japan's FBD3 character-set entry. The Japanese reading tells you how to say it, not what it means.

Text symbol

What 﨧 means

No fixed word meaning is recorded.

A Japanese dictionary cites 﨧 in a quotation from the Zhao chapter of Strategies of the Warring States, a collection of political stories and speeches, and in the Japanese personal name 椎野﨧太郎. The quotation is attributed to the pre-Qin period, before the Qin dynasty. That period dates the quotation, not the character's invention.

The Japanese reading of 﨧 is recorded as kō (コウ, with a long o). The Mandarin Chinese pinyin reading is xiào, roughly “shyaow” with a falling tone. These are pronunciations, not translations.

Why did Unicode keep 﨧?

It preserves an older source distinction in digital text.

CJK compatibility characters let older character sets pass through Unicode and back without losing distinctions in the source. IBM Japan's Japanese Graphic Character Set lists 﨧 as FBD3. Unicode also records Japanese source JMJ-030237 and U-source UTC-00852; these are catalog identifiers for character-set mappings, not translations.

The block label can mislead: Unicode treats 﨧 as a unified ideograph with no canonical decomposition. Unicode normalization therefore leaves this exact character unchanged instead of converting it into another ideograph.

It reads as a reference-heavy Han character; without context, it gives readers no clear word.

As of 2026, fonts without this glyph may show a box or fallback character; that display is not a replacement for 﨧.

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Who writes 﨧

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What it means when someone sends it to you

4 readings

No dependable one-word gloss; use the surrounding text to identify its role.

Don't confuse it with

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哮
CJK Unified Ideograph-54Ee
哮 is a separate Han character meaning “to roar.” Its right side resembles 﨧, but the two are not interchangeable.

Questions people ask

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Does Unicode normalization change 﨧?

No. Because 﨧 has no canonical decomposition, Unicode normalization leaves this exact character unchanged.

How to type or find 﨧

Search it as
FBD3 · CJKD · Cangjie · kou · rare kanji · variant kanji · IBM Japanese character set · Han character
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType FA27, then AltX to get 﨧.
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-fa27”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType fa27, then Enter or Space.
HTML
﨧
CSS
\FA27
Unicode code-point entry
Use an editor or input method with Unicode code-point entry and enter FA27; the keystroke varies by system.
Type 﨧 with Cangjie
The recorded Cangjie sequence is 金十大木 (CJKD); candidate lists vary by input method.
Japanese IME
Try こう (kō), the recorded Japanese reading, if the IME dictionary includes this rare character; availability varies.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
﨧
HTML hex
﨧
CSS content
content: "\FA27";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EF%A8%A7
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
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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