What ⻊ means
Radicals help readers find characters in dictionaries.
A radical is a written component used as a lookup key. ⻊ may point to feet or movement in a larger character, but the rest of that character determines its meaning.
An early form of 足 in oracle-bone writing—marks carved for divination on bone or turtle shell—depicts a foot. Later inscriptions on bronze preserve that shape. Dictionaries eventually used the component as a lookup key.
Technical and reference-oriented; it belongs in character analysis, not casual writing.
Use 足 for the complete written character.
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does ⻊ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find ⻊
- Search it as
- 足偏 · ashihen · bushu
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
⻊\2ECACodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.