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𪕁

cjk unified ideograph-2a541

Chinese character 𪕁

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𪕁 is a Chinese character that the Kangxi Dictionary glosses as “a water mouse.” It cites the earlier Chinese dictionary Pianhai for the Mandarin reading chén, written in pinyin (Mandarin spelled with Latin letters); another character reference also lists rǒng.

Text symbol

What 𪕁 means

𪕁 is the cjk unified ideograph-2a541. Unicode classifies it as a letter and files it in the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B block; this site shelves it under Chinese, Japanese & Korean.

Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.

How it is encoded

𪕁 is a single code point, U2A541. In HTML that is 𪕁, and in CSS \2A541.

Who writes 𪕁

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𪕁 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 𪕁

Search it as
water mouse · 水鼠 · chén · rǒng
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 2A541, then AltX to get 𪕁.
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-2a541”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 2a541, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𪕁
CSS
\2A541
Microsoft Word
As of October 2026, type 2A541 and press Alt+X; some French and German Word editions use Alt+C instead.
macOS Unicode Hex Input
As of October 2026, macOS's Unicode Hex Input accepts at most four hex digits, so it cannot enter 𪕁.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𪕁
HTML hex
𪕁
CSS content
content: "\2A541";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AA%95%81
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.

Families this belongs to

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Chinese characters99,354 symbols

Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols