What 𮯞 means
𮯞 is a variant spelling of 龜, not a new word.
The base character appears in oracle-bone inscriptions—early writing carved on animal bones and turtle shells—as a turtle seen from the side or above. Later writing on bronze vessels keeps its head, shell, legs, and tail before settling on a side view. Turtle shells were also used for divination.
Why might 𮯞 appear as a box?
The font on your device may not include this glyph.
The Unicode 16.0 (2024) standard says most characters in this extended set of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing are extremely rare or historical. If 𮯞 appears as a box, your font may lack it; the text still contains the same character.
Who writes 𮯞
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𮯞 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension F block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find 𮯞
- Search it as
- 龜 · 龟 · 亀 · turtle · tortoise · kame · gui
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𮯞\2EBDECodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.