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𪁏

cjk unified ideograph-2a04f

Small-bird character (chén)

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In Mandarin, 𪁏 is read chén and glossed “small bird.” A lyric by Wang Yuanding from the Yuan dynasty uses it for a young bird described as having a yellow mouth.

Text symbol

What 𪁏 means

It is a broad word for a small bird, not a species name.

The 1716 Kangxi Dictionary, a major reference work on Chinese characters, cites an earlier dictionary called Pianhai for this reading and definition.

Who writes 𪁏

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𪁏 show as a box?

A font gap. If the app shows a box, its current font may lack this rare character. Taiwan's CNS11643 portal (2024) lists it in MingLiU (細明體) and DFKai-SB (標楷體) for Windows 10 and later.

How to type or find 𪁏

Search it as
chén · bird · hanzi · cangjie
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 2A04F, then AltX to get 𪁏.
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-2a04f”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 2a04f, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𪁏
CSS
\2A04F
Taiwan Cangjie
Cangjie is a shape-based Chinese input method. Type UNHAF; the character's roots are 山弓竹日火.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𪁏
HTML hex
𪁏
CSS content
content: "\2A04F";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AA%81%8F
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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