CJK ideograph 231C8

Enter AIMU in Cangjie.

Cangjie is a Chinese character input method that builds entries from component shapes. Taiwan’s CNS character record lists AIMU for this glyph in 2024. A Unicode-hex input method can accept 231C8 if the app supports it.

𣇈 is an uncommon supplementary Han character. Hong Kong’s HKSCS-2016 maps it to H-FCE6; font vendors cover different subsets, so a box can mean the font or app lacks support for this character.

What does 𣇈 mean?

Some dictionaries link 𣇈 to 曉/晓; its exact status remains unsettled.

曉 is a traditional Chinese character whose senses include bright, dawn or daybreak, understanding, and making something clear; 晓 is its simplified counterpart. One dictionary links 𣇈 to this family, while a Japanese dictionary treats that link as one theory and leaves its separate meaning unclear.

Sources also disagree on its Mandarin reading: a Taiwan CNS record gives one reading, while dictionaries that link it to 曉 give another. Historical examples include a Ming-dynasty print from 1513, a Japanese edition dated 1758–1761, and a Qing-dynasty gazetteer—a geographic reference book—from 1764.

Should I use 𣇈 instead of 曉 or 晓?

Use it only to preserve this exact source form.

Use 𣇈 in a transcription, archive, or regional character inventory only when the source itself has this shape. For ordinary Chinese writing, use 曉 in traditional text or 晓 in simplified text; 𣇈 is not a routine substitute.

Sent without context, it may be read as part of the 曉 family, go unidentified as a rare variant, or appear as a missing-glyph box.