What 𨙝 means
It writes Vietnamese lui: “move back” or “withdraw.”
When was this spelling used?
A dictionary dates this spelling to the 19th century. Chữ Nôm adapted Chinese characters and their parts to write Vietnamese; an inscription dated 1173 is early evidence.
The dictionary lists 雷, 𬧾 and 𨎿 as spellings of lui. It records 雷 in 15th–16th-century texts and traces the pronunciation to klui, with initial k lost.
Who writes 𨙝
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𨙝 show as a box?
Usually a font issue. Font coverage varies: an app whose font lacks 𨙝 may show a box or blank space; the underlying character is unchanged.
How to type or find 𨙝
- Search it as
- nôm · nom · lui · lùi · han-nom
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𨙝\2865DCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.



