What 𭾡 means
It names displaying a severed head after execution.
Chinese dictionaries link 𭾡 to 𥄉. The Shuowen Jiezi dictionary (around 100 CE) glosses it as “head turned down”; the Yupian dictionary (543 CE) says a severed head was hung on a pole for public display.
The “turned down” detail is disputed; the punishment’s public display is clear. In Classical Chinese, 𥄉 sounded like 梟, so writers used 梟 in 梟首. The Mandarin reading of 𥄉 is jiāo; 梟 alone can mean “owl.”
Questions people ask
1Why does 𭾡 show as a box?
Your font may lack its glyph. In 2018, the SAT text database recommended Hanazono Mincho because few fonts then covered Extension F.
How to type 𭾡
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2DFA1, then Alt+X to get 𭾡.
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-2dfa1”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2dfa1, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𭾡CSS
\2DFA1Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𭾡
HTML hex
𭾡
CSS content
content: "\2DFA1";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AD%BE%A1
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.