What 𫊸 means
An ancient Chinese insect word that also became a surname.
The Shuowen Jiezi, a Chinese dictionary of about 100 CE, calls 蟜 an insect; later dictionaries add a venomous insect, a tattooed 'wild person,' an ant (蠪蟜), a surname, and the legendary ancestor 蟜極.
Why does 𫊸 look different from 蟜?
One word, two spellings: simplified 𫊸, traditional 蟜.
Simplified Chinese writes it as insect-radical 虫 plus sound-giving 乔; traditional keeps the fuller 喬, giving 蟜. Same word, same jiǎo; only the shape changed.
Who writes 𫊸
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𫊸 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.
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How to type or find 𫊸
- Search it as
- 蟜 · jiao · jiǎo · 蠪蟜 · 蟜極 · 毒虫 · 野人 · insect
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𫊸CSS
\2B2B8Windows
In Word, type 2B2B8 then AltX.
Mac
Open Character Viewer and search 2B2B8.
Linux
CtrlShiftU, then 2b2b8, then Enter.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𫊸
HTML hex
𫊸
CSS content
content: "\2B2B8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AB%8A%B8
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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.