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𩯏

cjk unified ideograph-29bcf

Facial-hair character

Q: How is 𩯏 pronounced?

The dictionaries disagree. The Kangxi Dictionary points to 卜 (bǔ); modern Mandarin entries give pǔ (ㄆㄨˇ) or bǔ (ㄅㄨˇ). As of 2026, both appear online. Follow the reading in the reference you are using.

𩯏 is a Chinese character describing the appearance of a beard and sideburns. The Kangxi Dictionary (1716) cites a pronunciation note from Jiyun, a Chinese reference book begun in 1037 that groups characters by sound.

Text symbol

What 𩯏 means

𩯏 is the cjk unified ideograph-29bcf. 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

𩯏 is a single code point, U29BCF. In HTML that is 𩯏, and in CSS \29BCF.

Who writes 𩯏

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Questions people ask

How is 𩯏 pronounced?

The dictionaries disagree. The Kangxi Dictionary points to 卜 (bǔ); modern Mandarin entries give pǔ (ㄆㄨˇ) or bǔ (ㄅㄨˇ). As of 2026, both appear online. Follow the reading in the reference you are using.

Why does 𩯏 show as a box?

A missing font glyph is the likely cause. In a browser, the selected font may not cover CJK Extension B; as of 2026, a blank box can appear even though the text still contains 𩯏.

How to type or find 𩯏

Search it as: beard · sideburns · whiskers · pǔ · bǔ
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

Windows (Word)

⎇Alt+XType 29BCF, then AltX to get 𩯏.

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-29bcf”.

Linux

⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 29bcf, then Enter or Space.

HTML

𩯏

CSS

\29BCF

Cangjie 5

With Cangjie 5 on a Chinese keyboard, enter SHTCO. This is a shape-based input code, not a pronunciation.

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

𩯏

HTML hex

𩯏

CSS content

content: "\29BCF";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%F0%A9%AF%8F

On screen

Code points

JS .length

UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Facial-hair character