What 𨽍 means
A channel for carrying water away to prevent flooding.
Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese character dictionary compiled around 100 CE, defines 𨽍 as a connecting channel.
Who writes 𨽍
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Related characters
4𨽤
CJK Unified Ideograph-28F64
Chinese dictionaries record 𨽤 as an alternate character form of 𨽍.
豄
CJK Unified Ideograph-8C44
Shuowen Jiezi identifies 豄 as an ancient form of 𨽍. 豄 uses 谷 (“valley”) where 𨽍 uses 阜, a land-related component.
CJK Unified Ideograph-7006
Lexicons link 瀆 to the channel sense. Shuowen commentary distinguishes the land channel 𨽍 from the water-focused 瀆.
CJK Unified Ideograph-7258
One dictionary also lists 𨽍 as equivalent to 牘, the character for an old wooden writing slip or document.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𨽍 show as a box?
A box usually means the active font has no glyph for 𨽍; the text still contains the character.
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How to type or find 𨽍
- Search it as
- du · dú · drainage channel · watercourse · 豄 · 瀆 · 牘
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𨽍CSS
\28F4DHow to type 𨽍
Use a Unicode character map to find U28F4D, or a CJK input method or picker that supports this character.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𨽍
HTML hex
𨽍
CSS content
content: "\28F4D";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%A8%BD%8D
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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.