What 𮖦 means
Read it through the Chan exchange. In the Buddhist chronicle 佛祖歷代通載, a monk asks Xuefeng Yicun, a Chan teacher, how he will demonstrate the teaching. Xuefeng answers by raising his fly-whisk, a handled brush used as a teaching gesture.
An earlier version in 景德傳燈錄, presented in 1004, writes 捶 at the same point where 佛祖歷代通載, compiled in 1341, has 𮖦. This is a textual parallel within the story; it does not establish that the two characters can replace each other in ordinary writing.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𮖦 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 𮖦
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2E5A6, then Alt+X to get 𮖦.
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-2e5a6”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2e5a6, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𮖦CSS
\2E5A6HTML
In HTML markup, write the hexadecimal character reference 𮖦.
JavaScript
In a JavaScript string, use the code-point escape \u{2E5A6}.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𮖦
HTML hex
𮖦
CSS content
content: "\2E5A6";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AE%96%A6
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.