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𣩎

cjk unified ideograph-23a4e

Chinese character for deathly stillness

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𣩎 is a variant of 㱳, whose dictionary gloss is “deathly stillness.” The Shuowen Jiezi, a Chinese character dictionary compiled in 121 CE, analyzes 歺 as the meaning-bearing part of 㱳 and 莫 as its sound hint; the Kangxi Dictionary records 𣩎 as equivalent to 㱳 in 1716.

Text symbol

What 𣩎 means

𣩎 is the cjk unified ideograph-23a4e. 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

𣩎 is a single code point, U23A4E. In HTML that is 𣩎, and in CSS \23A4E.

Who writes 𣩎

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𣩎 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 𣩎

Search it as
㱳 · deathly stillness · 㱳 meaning
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 23A4E, then AltX to get 𣩎.
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-23a4e”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 23a4e, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𣩎
CSS
\23A4E
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𣩎
HTML hex
𣩎
CSS content
content: "\23A4E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%A3%A9%8E
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

2

Chinese characters99,354 symbols

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols