What 𮦯 means
It spells Zhuang byaj: “thunder” or “lightning.” In traditional Zhuang songs, byaj can also name the thunder deity.
Sawndip adapted Chinese forms to write Zhuang. It served songs, notes and ritual texts read by local priests. A stone inscription from 683 is among its early records. Scholars commonly date its formation to the Tang dynasty; one proposal traces it to the Qin-Han period. Those dates concern the writing tradition, not when 𮦯 entered use. Forms and readings vary by region.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𮦯 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 𮦯
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2E9AF, then Alt+X to get 𮦯.
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-2e9af”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2e9af, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𮦯CSS
\2E9AFHow to type 𮦯 on macOS
As of October 2026, macOS Unicode Hex Input accepts only four hex digits; use Character Viewer for this five-digit character.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𮦯
HTML hex
𮦯
CSS content
content: "\2E9AF";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%AE%A6%AF
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.