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𪌚

cjk unified ideograph-2a31a

Chinese Han Character 𪌚

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𪌚 is best understood as a mistaken form of 麰, an old Chinese character for barley. The Kangxi Dictionary preserves a “wheat” gloss and the Mandarin reading móu for 𪌚, then identifies it as a corrupted form of 麰.

Text symbol

What 𪌚 means

It is recorded as a mistaken form of 麰. The Kangxi Dictionary quotes an earlier supplement to a Chinese character dictionary, which gives 𪌚 the Mandarin reading móu and the gloss “wheat”; its editors then call it a corruption of 麰.

麰 is an old Chinese character for barley. Dictionaries also list 𪍓 as a form of 麰. Use 麰 when you mean the grain.

Who writes 𪌚

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𪌚 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.

How to type or find 𪌚

Search it as
mou · móu · barley · wheat · 麰 · hanzi
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 2A31A, then AltX to get 𪌚.
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-2a31a”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 2a31a, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𪌚
CSS
\2A31A
Microsoft Word on Windows
As of 2026, type 2A31A and press AltX. If a box appears, switch to a font that contains this glyph.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𪌚
HTML hex
𪌚
CSS content
content: "\2A31A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AA%8C%9A
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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