What 𮷸 means
It is a rare Chinese character used in identity records.
Its Unicode source entry ties it to the 2023 ID-system repertoire of China’s Ministry of Public Security. A Chinese character-set amendment included rare characters like this so computer systems could exchange personal and place names.
Is 𮷸 a variant of 鈨?
Yes. Unicode links 𮷸 to 鈨 as a traditional written variant.
A 2025 Unicode review proposed the Mandarin reading yuán in Pinyin, a way to write Mandarin sounds with Latin letters. Hong Kong’s Chinese Language Interface Consultation Committee lists 鈨 as jyun4 in Jyutping, a way to write Cantonese sounds with Latin letters. Older Chinese dictionaries gloss 鈨 as the small fastening between a sword’s blade and hand guard, the crosspiece that protects the hand. That is an older dictionary sense of the linked character; name and place records supply their own context.
Who writes 𮷸
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𮷸 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 𮷸
- Search it as
- 2edf8 · 𮷸 · 鈨 · yuán · jyun4
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𮷸\2EDF8Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.