What 逸 means
It means what 逸 means; its form preserves a source distinction.
The Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese character dictionary, links 逸 with escape. Later classical senses include speed, outstanding ability, reclusion, ease, and fault. These are meanings of 逸; 逸 adds none.
The particular form 逸 comes from a Japanese source character set. Its Unicode code point preserves that source distinction during conversion; the Han character and its meanings are older.
Why keep 逸 instead of 逸?
Keep it only when the source distinction matters.
Why was UFA67 encoded? The UFA30–UFA6A range was included for full round-trip compatibility with JIS X 0213:2000, a Japanese character standard. Round-trip compatibility lets text move from that source set into Unicode and back without losing its original character identity. Use 逸 for ordinary writing; keep 逸 for records where the exact source form matters.
Compatibility normalization can fold bare 逸 to 逸. Unicode’s standardized variation sequence 逸︁ marks the 逸 variant, preserving that distinction when the software and font support it.
Technical and archival: using it signals that exact Japanese source-form preservation matters.
Compatibility normalization can erase the distinction; the variation sequence preserves it when supported.
Who writes 逸
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
2Why does 逸 turn into 逸?
Because compatibility normalization folds this form to the unified character 逸. The standardized sequence 逸︁ marks the special variant, but the text editor and font must support it.
Will 逸 always look different from 逸?
No. A font may draw both alike, and normalization may replace bare 逸 with 逸. The standardized sequence 逸︁ indicates the intended variant, but the font must support it.
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How to type or find 逸
- Search it as
- 逸 · FA67 · JIS X 0213 · Japanese 逸 variant · 逸 variant · U+FA67 · U+9038 U+FE01 · 逸 variation sequence
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
逸\FA67Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.