What 𨲸 means
It is a written variant of 鬡 (níng).
In 鬇鬡 (zhēngníng), 𨲸 stands in for 鬡 as the second character; the phrase describes hair or a beard in disarray.
A 1716 entry in the Kangxi Dictionary (康熙字典) cites the earlier 字彙 (Zihui), a Chinese character dictionary, for its reading and records the pair 𨲌𨲸.
Who writes 𨲸
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Related characters
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CJK Unified Ideograph-9B21
Chinese dictionaries identify 鬡 as another written form of 𨲸. It is the second character in 鬇鬡, a phrase for hair or a beard in disarray.
𨲌
CJK Unified Ideograph-28C8C
A Kangxi Dictionary entry pairs it with 𨲸 as 𨲌𨲸. Chinese dictionaries link 𨲌 to 鬇, the first character in 鬇鬡.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𨲸 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.
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How to type or find 𨲸
- Search it as
- 鬡 · 鬇鬡 · 𨲌𨲸 · 𨲸 · 28cb8 · disheveled hair
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𨲸CSS
\28CB8Microsoft Word
As of 2026, type 28CB8 in Word for Windows and press AltX. If the glyph is missing, choose a font that contains it.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𨲸
HTML hex
𨲸
CSS content
content: "\28CB8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%A8%B2%B8
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.