What 𬵊 means
It names the Lake Biwa goby in Japanese. A goby is a small fish; this species is Gymnogobius isaza.
A 1734 survey of Omi, the historic province around Lake Biwa, lists いさざ among Wani’s local products. Wani is a lakeside settlement. One etymology links the name to 細小魚 (isasa-uwo, “small fish”).
A Japanese fish-name character tied to a spoken name that shifts by region.
In Fukui, isaza may mean shiroou, not the Lake Biwa goby; name the species when it matters.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsA Japanese fish message about Lake Biwa
The local goby, *Gymnogobius isaza*.
A Japanese fish message from Fukui
Fukui’s 2016 Red Data Book records isaza as a dialect name for shiroou, a different fish.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𬵊 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 𬵊
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2CD4A, then Alt+X to get 𬵊.
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-2cd4a”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2cd4a, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𬵊CSS
\2CD4ACodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𬵊
HTML hex
𬵊
CSS content
content: "\2CD4A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AC%B5%8A
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.