What 𰟈 means
It is catalogued as a variant of 照.
The Shuowen Jiezi, a Chinese character dictionary compiled between 100 and 121 CE, defines 照 as “bright” and describes its structure as 火 (“fire”) plus 昭, borrowed for its sound. Later dictionaries also record 照 for reflecting an image and acting according to a model.
Who writes 𰟈
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Questions people ask
1Why can 𰟈 count as two in some programs?
It can. In UTF-16, this supplementary character uses two 16-bit units called a surrogate pair. Code that counts units instead of Unicode code points may report two or split the pair; code-point-aware processing treats it as one.
How to type or find 𰟈
- Search it as
- 𰟈 · 照 variant · rare form of 照 · 照俗字 · 照異體
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𰟈\307C8\u{307C8} in a string.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

