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𢺳

cjk unified ideograph-22eb3

CJK Ideograph 22EB3

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𢺳 is the Cantonese verb for getting hold of something and pulling. Nearby words can turn it into a trigger pull or a hopeless “can't fix it.” An older literary use appears without a clear gloss.

Text symbol

What 𢺳 means

It names a grip, a tug, or holding on. Its Cantonese reading is maan1, written in Jyutping, a Latin-letter system for Cantonese sounds; the final number marks tone. Treat it as a verb and read its phrase for the exact action.

What if someone sends only 𢺳?

Ask for the Cantonese phrase; alone, it has no single safe reading. A surviving citation places 𢺳 in an Eastern Han essay by Zhao Yi, who criticizes people for treating the looping strokes of cursive handwriting as essential. The line does not define this character, so it does not establish whether it has the same Cantonese sense.

Colloquial Cantonese word; outside a Cantonese sentence, the glyph alone does not identify which action is meant.

Don't treat 𢺳 as a reaction icon; context supplies its Cantonese meaning.

Who writes 𢺳

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What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings

Hold or cling onto something.

Questions people ask

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Why does 𢺳 look like a box?

A missing font glyph. If the active font cannot draw 𢺳, it may show as a box. Windows 10 and later include a font that can display it.

How to type or find 𢺳

Search it as
maan1 · cantonese · cangjie
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 22EB3, then AltX to get 𢺳.
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-22eb3”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 22eb3, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𢺳
CSS
\22EB3
𢺳 Cangjie input code
Select Traditional Chinese Cangjie input (a shape-based keyboard method), then type QVFI.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𢺳
HTML hex
𢺳
CSS content
content: "\22EB3";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%A2%BA%B3
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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