What 𫹳 means
It is used as a name character; Mandarin reads it gē.
Pinyin is the system that spells Mandarin syllables with Latin letters.
Is the old handwritten form the same as this glyph?
This digital form is a standardized transcription, not a facsimile.
The Houma texts were brush-written on jade or stone; this character is a standardized modern form representing an older graph. Its strokes need not match the ancient handwriting exactly.
Who writes 𫹳
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𫹳 show as a box?
The fonts available to your app do not contain its glyph. As of 2026, surveyed fonts show uneven coverage across CJK Extension E, so another installed font may display it.
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How to type or find 𫹳
- Search it as
- ge · gē · houma · hanzi · taiwan · cjk
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𫹳CSS
\2BE73Microsoft Word for Windows
As of 2026, type 2BE73, then press AltX. French and German editions may use AltC.
GNOME (Linux)
Press CtrlShiftU, type 2BE73, then press Enter or Space.
macOS Unicode Hex Input
As of 2026, this built-in method stops at four hex digits, so it cannot enter 2BE73 directly.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𫹳
HTML hex
𫹳
CSS content
content: "\2BE73";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AB%B9%B3
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.