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𠮲

cjk unified ideograph-20bb2

Historical variant of 吁

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𠮲 is an old written form of 吁, whose meanings include a sigh and an exclamation of surprise or puzzlement. The Chinese character dictionary 《玉篇》 calls 𠮲 an ancient form of 吁; literary uses of 吁 also include sorrow. In Mandarin, 吁 is read xū for the sighing and exclamation senses, so let the surrounding sentence settle which fits.

Text symbol

What 𠮲 means

𠮲 is the cjk unified ideograph-20bb2. Unicode classifies it as a letter and files it in the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B block; this site shelves it under Chinese, Japanese & Korean.

Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.

How it is encoded

𠮲 is a single code point, U20BB2. In HTML that is 𠮲, and in CSS \20BB2.

Who writes 𠮲

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𠮲 show as a box on some devices?

Not every system ships a font for the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.

How to type or find 𠮲

Search it as
variant · 吁 · xu · xū · sigh · interjection
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 20BB2, then AltX to get 𠮲.
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 unified ideograph-20bb2”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 20bb2, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𠮲
CSS
\20BB2
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𠮲
HTML hex
𠮲
CSS content
content: "\20BB2";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%A0%AE%B2
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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