What 𮀋 means
𮀋 is a Zhuang character for a balance weight. A 2018 Unicode review gives 砣 as its Chinese original form.
Sawndip combines Chinese character forms to write spoken Zhuang. Early forms survive on a 682 CE Guangxi inscription; a 1175 account mentions the script in legal papers and contracts. Those dates belong to the wider tradition, not this sign’s first attestation.
Regional forms varied. A Latin-based Zhuang standard began in 1955 and was revised in the 1980s.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𮀋 appear as a box?
The selected font or app lacks its glyph; the encoded character remains unchanged.
How to type 𮀋
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2E00B, then Alt+X to get 𮀋.
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-2e00b”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2e00b, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𮀋CSS
\2E00BHow to type 𮀋 in Word
Type 2E00B, then press Alt+X in Microsoft Word; the font must support the glyph.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𮀋
HTML hex
𮀋
CSS content
content: "\2E00B";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AE%80%8B
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.