What 𪇸 means
It is a waterbird name with two dictionary identifications.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education variant dictionary links it to both 鸕, the character for a cormorant, and 鷺, the character for an egret. The Kangxi Dictionary quotes the older Yupian as equating it with 鷺.
When reading an old passage, use the surrounding words to tell which bird is meant.
Who writes 𪇸
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Related characters
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CJK Unified Ideograph-9E15
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education variant dictionary links 𪇸 to 鸕, the character used in the Chinese word for cormorant.
CJK Unified Ideograph-9Dfa
The Kangxi Dictionary quotes the older Yupian as equating 𪇸 with 鷺, the character for egret; Taiwan’s variant dictionary also cross-links them.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𪇸 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𪇸
- Search it as
- cormorant · egret · heron · waterbird · cangjie · 鸕 · 鷺
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𪇸CSS
\2A1F8Cangjie input
𪇸 has Cangjie code YPHAF; enter those five letters on a Cangjie (shape-based Chinese) input method.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𪇸
HTML hex
𪇸
CSS content
content: "\2A1F8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AA%87%B8
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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.