What 𢀘 means
Its dictionary entry gives a reading, not a settled definition.
The pronunciation yě is written in Mandarin pinyin, a system that uses Latin letters and tone marks; it sounds roughly like “yeh” with a falling-rising tone. Knowing a character’s reading tells you how to say it, not what it means in a sentence. The entry was checked 2026-09-22.
Why do its historical readings differ?
They come from distinct old-text contexts.
Oracle-bone divination was a royal practice of inscribing questions about calamity on bone. One study interprets a form represented as 𢀘 as 艱. A separate study of Chu bamboo slips—narrow bamboo strips used for writing—reads a form represented as 𢀘 as 象 (“elephant”). These are context-bound scholarly readings, not everyday spellings to swap into modern text.
Who writes 𢀘
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𢀘 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 𢀘
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- 𢀘 · yě · ye · oracle-bone divination · Chu slips · 艱 · 象
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𢀘\22018Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.