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𮓭

cjk unified ideograph-2e4ed

Taboo Form of 虩

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𮓭 is a historical taboo variant of 虩, linked to avoiding Li Hu’s name in Tang China. The Tang Buddhist scripture 《守护国界主陀罗尼经》 also preserves it. The older character even names a spider, not just a state of fear.

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What 𮓭 means

It could mean fear or name a fly-catching spider.

The ancient Classic of Changes uses doubled 虩虩 for fear when a shock comes, followed by laughter and speech. The early Chinese dictionary Shuowen also records 虩 as a kind of spider that catches flies.

Why was 𮓭 written differently?

A name taboo changed its form.

In historic Chinese name taboos, writers avoided characters used in important people’s names. 虩 has 虎 as its right-hand component; 𮓭 changes that side and is linked to Li Hu (李虎).

Who writes 𮓭

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𮓭 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 or find 𮓭

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虩 variant · taboo character · li hu taboo · 𮓭 meaning
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Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 2E4ED, then AltX to get 𮓭.
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-2e4ed”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 2e4ed, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𮓭
CSS
\2E4ED
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𮓭
HTML hex
𮓭
CSS content
content: "\2E4ED";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AE%93%AD
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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.

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