What 𮌨 means
It is a form of 膖, a character for swelling. Mandarin 膖 is pronounced pāng. A Buddhist glossary defines 膖脹 as abdominal fullness; 重訂直音篇, a Ming dictionary, records this glyph.
Why was 𮌨 encoded for Buddhist texts?
To preserve an exact glyph in digitized scripture. The SAT Buddhist Text Database team proposed it for the Taishō New Edition, a scholarly Chinese Buddhist canon.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𮌨 show as a box?
It is a font-support issue. If the active font lacks 𮌨, the browser displays a placeholder; a supporting CJK font can render it.
How to type 𮌨
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2E328, then Alt+X to get 𮌨.
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-2e328”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2e328, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𮌨CSS
\2E328Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𮌨
HTML hex
𮌨
CSS content
content: "\2E328";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AE%8C%A8
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.