What 𩶣 means
The reading depends on the record.
The Kangxi Dictionary cites the Classic of Mountains and Seas, a Chinese book about geography and unusual creatures: it names fish called 𩶣 at Yingdi Mountain, where the Wanshui River begins.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education links 𩶣 to 鯛, read diāo in Mandarin. Japan’s Moji character database lists the Japanese readings shu and shū.
A historical fish name with readings tied to different reference sources.
Keep Mandarin zhōu and diāo separate from Japanese shu and shū.
Who writes 𩶣
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𩶣 show as a box?
Font-dependent rendering may show a box if the chosen font lacks this glyph. The fallback does not change the text character.
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How to type or find 𩶣
- Search it as
- zhou · diao · fish name character · 𩶣 鯛
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𩶣CSS
\29DA3Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𩶣
HTML hex
𩶣
CSS content
content: "\29DA3";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%A9%B6%A3
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On screen
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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.