What 𫇘 means
It means “lick,” including lapping something up. Cantonese is a spoken variety of Chinese; Jyutping, its romanization, writes the pronunciation as laai2.
A Cantonese dictionary from 1877 records 𦧺 in a phrase for “lap water”; Unicode lists 𦧺 as 𫇘’s traditional variant.
Who writes 𫇘
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Combination ideas
1Cantonese idiom: getting into trouble, being fooled, or being caught by police.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𫇘 show as a box?
The font lacks its glyph; the text is still 𫇘. A font that supports CJK Extension C can display it.
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How to type or find 𫇘
- Search it as
- laai2 · lick · lap up · 𦧺 · cantonese · licking
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𫇘CSS
\2B1D8Exact character
Use the Copy button to keep 𫇘 intact; don’t substitute another form.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𫇘
HTML hex
𫇘
CSS content
content: "\2B1D8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AB%87%98
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On screen
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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.