What 𩏄 means
It names the bellows word 韛, read bài in Mandarin.
《玉篇》 (543), an early Chinese character dictionary, describes 韛 as a leather bag used to fan a fire. The Kangxi Dictionary (1716) quotes this gloss.
Why does 𩏄 show as a box?
The selected font may not contain this glyph.
Unicode’s character charts note that glyph forms can vary between fonts. If 𩏄 appears as an empty box, the selected font lacks a usable glyph; another font that includes it can display the character.
Who writes 𩏄
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𩏄 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 or find 𩏄
- Search it as
- bellows · bai
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𩏄\293C4Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

