What 𬭮 means
It writes 鏋 in an analogically simplified form.
The sixth-century Yupian (玉篇), an early Chinese dictionary, glosses 鏋 as “gold”; the Song-era Jiyun (集韻) says “gold essence.” The 2005 Xinhua Duogongneng Zidian, a mainland Chinese character dictionary, lists 𬭮 as an analogical simplification of 鏋 and records an older Chinese name for americium.
Why do 𬭮 and 鏋 stay distinct in digital text?
They are related spellings with separate Unicode identities.
The 2005 mainland Chinese dictionary records 𬭮; Taiwan's 2024 Ministry of Education dictionary heads the corresponding entry under 鏋. Their forms correspond, but exact text search and matching keep them distinct.
Who writes 𬭮
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𬭮 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 𬭮
- Search it as
- mǎn · man · 鏋 · americium
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𬭮\2CB6ECodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

