What 𮌱 means
A 682 CE stone inscription shows the tradition was already in use.
As of 2026, scholars still differ on how much earlier it began. Sawndip developed by adapting Chinese character forms and parts to write spoken Zhuang. Its texts include songs, ritual works, stories, contracts, letters, and family records. The Ancient Zhuang Character Dictionary lists this glyph under gumq.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𮌱 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 𮌱
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2E331, then Alt+X to get 𮌱.
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-2e331”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2e331, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𮌱CSS
\2E331GNOME/GTK and Word/Outlook
As of 2026, in GNOME/GTK press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 2E331, then Enter; in Word/Outlook, type 2E331 and press Alt+X.
macOS Unicode Hex Input
As of 2026, this layout accepts only four hex digits, so it cannot enter this five-digit code directly.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𮌱
HTML hex
𮌱
CSS content
content: "\2E331";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AE%8C%B1
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.