CJK Unified Ideograph 2E4CA

It is a rare written variant of 或, pronounced huò in Mandarin. In its older sense, 或 referred to a defended state or territory; later uses include “some,” “perhaps,” and “or.” This variant changes the written form, not the word.

The graph is recorded on two Eastern Han stone inscriptions: 郙閣頌 (172 CE), commemorating a bridge-road project, and 白石神君碑 (183 CE), a dedication to a local deity. The Tang-era Ganlu Zishu, a guide to written character forms, classifies 㦯 as an accepted variant and 或 as the standard form.

Why does the Unicode chart show 㦯?

The chart uses a different representative glyph for this code point. Unicode 18.0 shows U+2E4CA as 㦯, while the form here is 𮓊. When the outlines differ, match the code point rather than substituting another Han character.