CJK Compatibility Ideograph FA73

No; 侀 is a compatibility form mapped to 侀.

侀 is a rare classical Chinese character meaning “form” or “shape.” In a passage of the Book of Rites, a classical Chinese work on ritual and government, broadly dated to the 4th–2nd century BCE, it appears in a discussion of punishment through the idea of a completed form. This is the history of 侀, not a separate meaning for 侀.

The compatibility ideograph 侀 was included in North Korea’s KPS 10721-2000 repertoire so legacy text could round-trip without losing which encoded form it contained. Use 侀 for ordinary writing; keep 侀 when that legacy code identity matters.

Why can normalization turn 侀 into 侀?

Because Unicode treats them as canonically equivalent.

Compatibility ideographs have canonical mappings to unified characters. NFC, NFD, NFKC, or NFKD can therefore remove the distinction, leaving 侀 where 侀 was stored. If a distinct glyph form needs to survive normalization, use the standardized variation sequence for 侀 in software that supports it.

How do I type 侀?

Use Unicode-hex input if your editor supports it.

A Chinese, Japanese, or Korean input method editor (IME) will not reliably select this compatibility code point from a reading; it may offer 侀 or another candidate. In an editor with Unicode-hex input, enter FA73. The keystrokes vary by editor.