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𨮵

cjk unified ideograph-28bb5

Nôm spoon character

In Chữ Nôm, 𨮵 records <i>muổng</i>, a Vietnamese word for a small spoon or ladle. A small mango was also called <i>xoài muổng</i> for its spoon-like shape.

Text symbol
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muổng · muỗng · muỗm · spoon · ladle · chữ nôm
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 𨮵 means

Read it as muổng, a small scoop or ladle.

The 1895–1896 Đại Nam quấc âm tự vị (Vietnamese dictionary) describes a ceramic or brass scoop for broth or drinking water. Muổng canh is a larger soup spoon; the entry also groups spoon and fork as muổng nỉa.

How does it fit Vietnamese writing?

It is Chữ Nôm, a script used to write Vietnamese.

Chữ Nôm adapted Chinese characters to write Vietnamese; literary records reach the 14th century. A 2023 Vietnamese-language note records muỗm as a Northern word for spoon. Modern Vietnamese usually uses Quốc ngữ, the Latin-based alphabet.

The utensil word is ordinary; this spelling is historical and specialist.

Questions people ask

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Why does 𨮵 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 𨮵

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 28BB5, then Alt+X to get 𨮵.
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-28bb5”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 28bb5, then Enter or Space.
HTML
&#x28BB5;
CSS
\28BB5
How to type 𨮵 in Microsoft Word
As of 2026, type 28BB5, then press Alt+X. If it follows other hexadecimal text, select only these digits first.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
&#166837;
HTML hex
&#x28BB5;
CSS content
content: "\28BB5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%A8%AE%B5
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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.

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