What 𮛫 means
Read it as the verb for stepping or treading.
A Buddhist pronunciation guide from the Song dynasty identifies 蹈 as the standard form and links the reading to 導 (Mandarin dǎo). Its preface says the guide corrects copying errors and supplies readings for Buddhist scriptures.
The Ming dynasty collection of notes 留青日札 cites 𮛫 in a variant printed reading of a Tang dynasty poem.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𮛫 show as a box?
A font without 𮛫 shows a missing-glyph box. As of 7 September 2026, TW-Kai and TW-Sung typefaces lacked the character; a font that includes it can display it.
How to type 𮛫
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2E6EB, then Alt+X to get 𮛫.
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-2e6eb”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2e6eb, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𮛫CSS
\2E6EBCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𮛫
HTML hex
𮛫
CSS content
content: "\2E6EB";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AE%9B%AB
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.