What 𪑾 means
It means “dirty black” or “blackened with grime.”
The Yupian, a Chinese character dictionary compiled in 543 CE, records this gloss. It gives the Mandarin reading as rǔ, the same sound as 辱.
What does 𪑾 do in the Dao De Jing?
It turns a line about great whiteness into an image of grime.
The Dao De Jing is a classic Chinese text. In chapter 41, 大白若𪑾 sets “great whiteness” against this word for dirty black, making purity seem stained.
Who writes 𪑾
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𪑾 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 𪑾
- Search it as
- grimy black · black grime · dirty black · rǔ character · dao de jing · laozi · 大白若𪑾
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𪑾CSS
\2A47ECodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𪑾
HTML hex
𪑾
CSS content
content: "\2A47E";
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URL encoded
%F0%AA%91%BE
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
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