What 𮵱 means
It represents 箂, a Chinese name for a kind of bamboo.
Its Mandarin reading is lái. The older form 箂 appears in 玉篇 (Yùpiān), a Chinese character dictionary first compiled in 543. 𮵱 uses simplified 来 where traditional 箂 has 來.
Why does 𮵱 appear in Chinese name records?
To make rare personal and place names exchangeable between systems.
China’s GB 18030 standard for encoding Chinese text fast-tracked rare characters from a public-security character set into Unicode’s Extension I, a section of the shared computer character set. The source record for 𮵱 is tied to the Ministry of Public Security’s 2023 ID system. That administrative origin is separate from the older dictionary entry.
Who writes 𮵱
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𮵱 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.
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How to type or find 𮵱
- Search it as
- 箂 · lái · lai · bamboo
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𮵱\2ED71Codes and encoding1 code points
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