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𪜉

cjk unified ideograph-2a709

Vietnamese Nôm character nhàng

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𪜉 is a Vietnamese chữ Nôm character for nhàng (“gentle; mild”), as in nhẹ nhàng (“gently, lightly”). It belongs to a former Vietnamese writing system that used adapted Chinese character forms.

Text symbol

What 𪜉 means

It spells the Vietnamese word nhàng. In nhẹ nhàng, the phrase means “gently” or “lightly.”

Scholars debate when chữ Nôm began. A stone inscription from 1343 records Vietnamese village names in Nôm.

Is 𪜉 Chinese or Vietnamese?

It writes a Vietnamese word in chữ Nôm. The left-hand 中 is its meaning component; the right-hand 平 supplies a sound cue.

It belongs to historical or scholarly Vietnamese chữ Nôm writing.

Who writes 𪜉

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𪜉 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 𪜉

Search it as
nhàng · nhẹ nhàng · chữ nôm · nôm character
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 2A709, then AltX to get 𪜉.
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-2a709”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 2a709, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𪜉
CSS
\2A709
How to type 𪜉 on macOS?
As of 2026-09-27, macOS Unicode Hex Input accepts only four hex digits; use Character Viewer for this five-digit character.
Word for Windows
As of 2026-09-27, type 2A709 in Word for Windows, then press AltX. Select only the code first if other hex digits touch it.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𪜉
HTML hex
𪜉
CSS content
content: "\2A709";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AA%9C%89
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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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