What 歹 means
It is the source-preserving form of 歹, meaning “bad” or “wicked.”
The older history belongs to 歹: forms appear in oracle-bone writing, an early Chinese script, and seal script, a formal style of Chinese writing. Recorded glosses for 歹 include “bad,” “vicious,” and “wicked.” FA95 is a later encoding of the source distinction.
FA95 has source reference KP1-4F27 in KPS 10721-2000, a North Korean character standard. That separate entry lets conversion between the source and Unicode retain which source character was used. For ordinary new text, 歹 is the appropriate form; FA95 preserves the source distinction.
How do I keep the distinction?
Preserve UFA95 when the source variant matters.
Normalization maps FA95 to U6B79 歹. Unicode’s standardized variation sequence U6B79 UFE00 preserves the variant through normalization.
Display depends on font support. A font without FA95 may show a missing-glyph box or substitute another Han character shape.
Technical and archival: FA95 signals source-text fidelity rather than a style choice.
Use 歹 for ordinary new text; normalization can erase FA95’s compatibility distinction.
Who writes 歹
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
2Why does FA95 become 歹?
Normalization replaces UFA95 with its canonical equivalent, U6B79 歹. Preserve the original code point or use U6B79 UFE00 when the variant must survive normalization.
Why does FA95 show as a missing glyph?
The font may not include FA95, so rendering can fall back to another Han shape or a missing-glyph box. The underlying character remains UFA95.
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How to type or find 歹
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- FA95 · U+FA95 · KP1-4F27 · KPS 10721-2000 · DPRK · 歹 · U+6B79 · normalization
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
歹\FA95Codes and encoding1 code points
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