What 𮐄 means
It means “grass stem.” A Korean Hanja dictionary links 𮐄 to 莛. Hanja are Chinese characters used in Korean. The Han-era dictionary Shuowen Jiezi defines 莛 as a stem; 艹 means grass, 廷 gives the sound.
Han-era history Han Shu quotes court writer Dongfang Shuo: 以莛撞鐘, “strike a bell with a grass stalk.” A slight tool cannot ring a great bell.
Unicode’s source tag USAT-04497 links 𮐄 to the Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō, a printed Buddhist canon (1924–1934). That date belongs to the edition, not the older word.
Who writes 𮐄
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𮐄 show as a box?
It is a font-coverage issue. If none of your fonts includes 𮐄, the app may show a box, but the text still contains this character.
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How to type or find 𮐄
- Search it as
- 2e404 · 莛 · tíng
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𮐄CSS
\2E404Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𮐄
HTML hex
𮐄
CSS content
content: "\2E404";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AE%90%84
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.