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𫕮

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𫕮 (empty-space character)

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The charted form of 𫕮 is 廫, an old character for an empty or hollow space and, by extension, quiet. Later Chinese writing used 寥 for the same word. In Cantonese, 空撩撩 describes a bare room and is usually written 空寥寥.

Text symbol

What 𫕮 means

It means an empty or hollow interior, and can also describe quiet.

The Shuowen Jiezi, a Chinese character dictionary compiled around 100 CE, glosses 廫 as “empty.” It analyzes the form as 广, a shelter component, plus 膠 for its sound. Later writing used 寥 for the same word.

A Tang-dynasty anthology (a literary collection) quotes an earlier Jin-dynasty poem: 寥寥空堂, “an empty hall.” A 2026 Hong Kong Cantonese note records 空撩撩 for a bare room, usually written 空寥寥.

Who writes 𫕮

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𫕮 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 𫕮

Search it as
廫 · 寥 · 空寥寥 · 空撩撩 · empty room · hollow · quiet
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 2B56E, then AltX to get 𫕮.
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-2b56e”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 2b56e, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𫕮
CSS
\2B56E
GNOME or GTK desktop
Press CtrlShiftU, type 2B56E, then press Space or Enter. This accepts the five-digit hexadecimal code point.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𫕮
HTML hex
𫕮
CSS content
content: "\2B56E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AB%95%AE
1
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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