What 𨳺 means
It is the last character in a historical Zheng gate name. An early Chinese chronicle, the Zuo Zhuan, calls a city gate of Zheng, an ancient Chinese state, 桔柣 in a story set in 666 BCE. Later Chinese dictionaries record 䦖𨳺 as another spelling. This glyph is the final character in that name, not the general word for a gate. The Mandarin dictionary reading for 𨳺 is dié.
Why does 𨳺 appear in a Taiwan gate name?
A Tainan gate reused the old Zheng name. After Zheng Chenggong’s forces took the Dutch Zeelandia Fort in Tainan, Taiwan, a gate in its south wall was called 䦖𨳺門. A Portuguese fleet envoy described it in 1663. A Tainan history essay argues that the western opening uncovered around 1930 is this gate, based on old maps and building traces.
Why does 𨳺 show as a box?
Your font may not include this rare glyph. A missing-glyph box is a display fallback; it does not change the character stored in the text. To copy 𨳺 exactly, use the Copy button.
Historical and name-bound; its recorded sense belongs to a particular gate name.
Sent alone, it leaves the historical name incomplete; ask for the surrounding text.
Who writes 𨳺
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𨳺 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 𨳺
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- dié · xiedie · 桔柣 · 䦖𨳺 · hanzi · zheng
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