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𣲊

cjk unified ideograph-23c8a

Rare Han character

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𣲊 is a rare character in the Chinese-derived writing tradition, read kè in Mandarin. Japanese character references also record koku, a reading based on Chinese pronunciation. One Chinese dictionary equates it with 尅; Taiwan’s Ministry of Education lists 尅 as a variant of 剋, which can mean “overcome” or “restrain.”

Text symbol

What 𣲊 means

Two Ming-era rhyme dictionaries—reference books that group characters by sound—list 𣲊 under the water radical, a component used to group entries for lookup.

The Kangxi Dictionary (1716) cites the earlier reference work 搜真玉鏡 for “音克” (“pronounced like 克”). That entry records a reading but gives no account of why the character was created or how it appeared in ordinary writing.

Who writes 𣲊

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𣲊 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.

How to type or find 𣲊

Search it as
hanzi · kanji · kè · 尅
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 23C8A, then AltX to get 𣲊.
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-23c8a”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 23c8a, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𣲊
CSS
\23C8A
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𣲊
HTML hex
𣲊
CSS content
content: "\23C8A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%A3%B2%8A
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

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