What 𮐮 means
Read 冬𮐮蕷 as one word: tokoro. Tokoro is the Japanese name for a wild yam. The separate こ (ko) reading belongs to 𮐮 alone, not the three-character word.
Why does the related spelling appear in an old poem?
It links the name to a wish for the reign to endure. The 8th-century Man’yōshū, a Japanese poetry collection, uses 冬薯蕷葛 (tokoro-zura) before “tokoshikuni” (“forever”). It wishes for the ruler’s reign to last; this spelling has 薯, not 𮐮.
Who writes 𮐮
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𮐮 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.
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How to type or find 𮐮
- Search it as
- tokoro · wild yam kanji · 冬𮐮蕷
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𮐮CSS
\2E42ECodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𮐮
HTML hex
𮐮
CSS content
content: "\2E42E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AE%90%AE
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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.