What 𬋓 means
It names the flame in this fire analogy.
The Yulizi is a Chinese philosophical work attributed to Liu Ji in the Ming period. It uses fire to explain life and death: the soul is the flame, the body its charcoal. One transcription prints 𬋓 here; another uses 燄.
How are 燄 and 焰 related?
燄 is a variant of 焰.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education’s 2024 Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants cites Shuowen Jiezi, a Chinese character dictionary, for 燄’s meaning as a small moving flame. Its entry lists 燄 as a variant of 焰 and calls 焰 the common form.
Who writes 𬋓
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𬋓 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 𬋓
- Search it as
- flame · fire · 焰 · 燄
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𬋓\2C2D3Codes and encoding1 code points
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