What 𡇲 means
It is a historical variant of 嬭; context determines the sense. Dictionaries gloss 嬭 as “mother,” “milk,” and “wet nurse.” A sentence about a caregiver points to mother or nurse.
Related 嬭 appears in inscriptions cast on bronze objects. One Chu king’s wedding bell names his daughter 嬭南, using 嬭 as her family name; she was marrying into the Jiang state.
The Jiyun (1037–1039), a Chinese dictionary that groups characters by sound, lists 𡇲 as an ancient spelling under 嬭.
Historical graph; modern Chinese uses 奶 for milk.
Who writes 𡇲
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𡇲 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.
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How to type or find 𡇲
- Search it as
- 嬭 · 奶 · nǎi · milk
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𡇲\211F2Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.