What 𫓮 means
The 1716 Kangxi Dictionary glosses 𨪕 as “to pierce.”
Chinese character references describe 𫓮 as a form simplified by analogy from 𨪕: its written form follows a simplification pattern applied to another character.
What is the 𨪕 horse-ear story?
It contrasts an animal’s injury with pierced ears for jewelry.
An explanatory note attached to the Records of the Three Kingdoms, a history of China’s Three Kingdoms period, quotes a separate biography: the courtier Zhuge Ke pierced a horse’s ear before presenting it to Sun Quan, ruler of Wu. Another courtier objected that this harmed the animal; Zhuge compared it with a mother piercing her daughter’s ears for earrings.
Who writes 𫓮
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𫓮 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension C block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find 𫓮
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- 𨪕 · pierce
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𫓮\2B4EECodes and encoding1 code points
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