What means
It was encoded as an entry from an official identity-record list.
The Unicode chart tags this exact character GIDC23-159, a source entry from the Ministry of Public Security’s ID system. In 2023, Unicode expedited the wider Extension I batch after a draft amendment to GB 18030, China’s mandatory standard for exchanging Chinese text, created an urgent need for stable codes.
Why does appear as a box?
The font or renderer may lack its glyph.
UTF-16, a common text format, stores as two 16-bit units because it is a supplementary character. If support is missing, an app may show a box or another placeholder.
Who writes
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Questions people ask
1Why does 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
- Search it as
- hanzi · chinese id character · missing glyph
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𮲎\2EC8ECodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.
