What 𩛼 means
𩛼 is the cjk unified ideograph-296fc. Unicode classifies it as a letter and files it in the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B block; this site shelves it under Chinese, Japanese & Korean.
Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.
How it is encoded
𩛼 is a single code point, U296FC. In HTML that is 𩛼, and in CSS \296FC.
Who writes 𩛼
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𩛼 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 𩛼
- Search it as
- lù · food · eat · old Chinese character
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𩛼CSS
\296FCCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𩛼
HTML hex
𩛼
CSS content
content: "\296FC";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%A9%9B%BC
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.