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𣿛

cjk unified ideograph-23fdb

Variant form of 活

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𣿛 is a written variant of 活, the Chinese character used for “alive” and “to live.” If it appears in a passage, read it through 活 and let the sentence choose the sense; its historical record also includes a sound-of-flowing-water explanation.

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What 𣿛 means

The Han-era Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese character dictionary, explains the related form 𣴠 as the sound of flowing water. It records another form built with 𦕾, but a note on the entry says 𣿛 itself was likely added after the dictionary’s original text.

Dictionaries connect 𣿛 with 活. The record spans the water-flow sense and uses of 活 meaning “to live,” “to save someone,” and “livelihood or work.” In Mandarin, 活 is pronounced huó. If this form appears in a passage, read it as 活 and let the sentence choose the sense.

Who writes 𣿛

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𣿛 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 𣿛

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活 variant · 活 alternate form
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Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 23FDB, then AltX to get 𣿛.
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-23fdb”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 23fdb, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𣿛
CSS
\23FDB
Microsoft Word for Windows
As of October 2026, type 23FDB and press AltX. If it displays blank, choose a font that contains the glyph.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𣿛
HTML hex
𣿛
CSS content
content: "\23FDB";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%A3%BF%9B
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On screen
1
Code points
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JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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