What 𮆲 means
It is a variant form of 籠, meaning a basket or cage. A Qing poem pairs 𮆲 with a parrot, making the cage sense clear.
A basket became a way to enclose
The Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese character dictionary, glosses 籠 as a bamboo tool for lifting soil. Later dictionaries record woven baskets and animal cages, then broader senses such as covering, enclosing, and encompassing. The physical idea of holding something in carries into the figurative uses.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𮆲 show up as a box?
Your font probably lacks its glyph. A font that includes this character can display it.
How to type 𮆲
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2E1B2, then Alt+X to get 𮆲.
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-2e1b2”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2e1b2, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𮆲CSS
\2E1B2Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𮆲
HTML hex
𮆲
CSS content
content: "\2E1B2";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AE%86%B2
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.