What 𪒜 means
It supplies “black” in a Nanjing phrase for “pitch-black.”
The Nanjing dialect list, as of 2026, gives the expression as 烏漆𪒜黑. Here 𪒜 supplies the plain color word inside an emphatic phrase.
Why do references give different readings?
They describe separate regional reading records.
As of 2026, Taiwan’s CNS11643 entry lists Mandarin wèi; the Nanjing dialect list gives [ma]. In that list’s notation, [ma] is “ma” with a high, level tone. Keep the Nanjing reading with the phrase it documents.
Who writes 𪒜
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𪒜 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 𪒜
- Search it as
- black · ma · wèi · yupian · 烏漆𪒜黑
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𪒜\2A49CCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

