What 𪄞 means
It is a written form for a chick or young bird.
The Eastern Han dictionary 《說文解字》 defines 雛 as a young chicken and gives 鶵 as its Zhou-script form, an older writing style. The same character family also covers the young of other birds.
Why do 𪄞 and 鶵 look different?
Their bird and sound parts switch sides.
The Qing dictionary supplement 《字彙補》 (1666) records 𪄞 as equivalent to 鶵. Taiwan’s Ministry of Education treats it as a variant, noting that 𪄞 puts 鳥 (“bird”) on the left and 芻, the sound element, on the right; 鶵 reverses them. The different layout marks a spelling variant, not a different animal.
Who writes 𪄞
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𪄞 show as a box on my screen?
The current font may not contain this rare glyph. Taiwan’s CNS11643 directory says it is included in default fonts from Windows 10 onward and provides downloadable fonts.
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How to type or find 𪄞
- Search it as
- chick · nestling · fledgling · cangjie · chu · 雛 · 鶵
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𪄞\2A11ECodes and encoding1 code points
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