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𩏄

cjk unified ideograph-293c4

Bellows character

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𩏄 is another written form of 韛 (Mandarin bài), an old Chinese word for a bellows. The Kangxi Dictionary preserves an older gloss describing the tool and its job.

Text symbol

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

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Why 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
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 293C4, then AltX to get 𩏄.
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-293c4”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 293c4, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𩏄
CSS
\293C4
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𩏄
HTML hex
𩏄
CSS content
content: "\293C4";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%A9%8F%84
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.

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