What 𩺺 means
It names a porpoise in Chinese, but a carp in Vietnamese Nôm. Taiwan’s Ministry of Education character-variant dictionary lists 𩺺 as an alternate written form of 鱀. The base character appears in the Erya, an early Chinese dictionary traditionally dated around the 3rd century BCE; its fish section explains the name with another fish character, 鱁.
In Vietnamese chữ Nôm, a Han-character writing system for Vietnamese, 𩺺 writes gáy in cá gáy, a name for carp. During the Ming dynasty, Li Shizhen’s Bencao Gangmu, a compendium of natural history and medicine, lists 鱀 among names for river dolphins, including “river pig” and “water pig.” Reference glosses vary between finless porpoise and baiji (the Chinese river dolphin), so the old Chinese name does not identify one modern species.
Who writes 𩺺
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsA variant of 鱀, an old name for a river porpoise.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𩺺 show as a box or blank?
The selected font may lack this glyph. A font that includes 𩺺 can display it; a square or blank is a display problem, not a different character.
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How to type or find 𩺺
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- 鱀 · cá gáy · carp · porpoise · finless porpoise · baiji
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𩺺\29EBA29EBA and press Alt+X to convert the hexadecimal value into 𩺺.Codes and encoding1 code points
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