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𪖣

cjk unified ideograph-2a5a3

Sneeze variant

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𪖣 is a written variant of the Chinese character 嚏, which means “to sneeze”; dictionaries also gloss it as a nose ailment. In a text, read it as that word, with the sentence carrying any further meaning.

Text symbol

What 𪖣 means

A written variant for sneezing.

The Taiwan Ministry of Education’s variant dictionary gives 𪖣 the Mandarin reading tì and glosses it as “nasal illness”; it links the character to 嚏, the familiar written form for sneeze. In a message, read it as a character for sneezing; the surrounding sentence supplies the sender’s point.

The old text preserves the word, not this exact spelling

The Shuowen dictionary does not list 𪖣. Later Chinese character dictionaries record it as a variant and cite a line from the Han-dynasty Taixuanjing, a classical text by Yang Xiong, where the sneeze word appears as 嚏. Later lexicons keep it in the same nose-and-sneeze sense. This supports an old history for the word, but does not prove this exact spelling appeared in the original text.

A dictionary variant for a traditional written word; 嚏 is the familiar form for ordinary reading.

A box may mean the font setup cannot display 𪖣.

Who writes 𪖣

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𪖣 show up as a box?

The font setup may lack a glyph for it. A font with support for this character can display it; the box is a missing-glyph marker.

How to type or find 𪖣

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sneeze · sneezing · nasal · hanzi · tì · variant · 嚏 · 䶍
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Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 2A5A3, then AltX to get 𪖣.
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-2a5a3”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 2a5a3, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𪖣
CSS
\2A5A3
Type 𪖣 in Microsoft Word for Windows
As of 2026, enter 2A5A3 and press AltX. If hexadecimal letters follow, select just the code first.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𪖣
HTML hex
𪖣
CSS content
content: "\2A5A3";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AA%96%A3
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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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