What 𪈿 means
A mythical bird whose members can fly only as a pair.
The Shan Hai Jing, a Chinese book of wonders, calls them 蠻蠻 (Mandarin mánmán): each bird has one eye and one wing; their appearance foretells a flood.
The Song-era Guangyun sound dictionary records 𪈿 for this bird.
How did writers use 𪈿?
A lovers' vow in China; folklore in Japan; mourning poetry in Korea.
Bai Juyi's 806 poem Song of Everlasting Regret makes 比翼鳥 a lovers' vow.
A 1789 Japanese picture encyclopedia reads 𪈿 as hiyoku no tori (“paired-wing bird”) and says no one had seen it. Li Seo-u's Korean collection Songpa jip pairs it with 鹣 (another paired-bird name) to mourn spouses lost together.
Who writes 𪈿
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𪈿 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 𪈿
- Search it as
- manman · hiyoku no tori · 𪈮
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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