What 𰟗 means
It means “dry” or “dried by fire.” The old Chinese character dictionary 《玉篇》 glosses it as “dry”; 《廣韻》 says “dried by fire.” In Mandarin, dictionary sources give the reading kǎo. 《集韻》 records 熇 as a shortened written form.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𰟗 show as a box?
The active font may not include a glyph for this character. The text can still preserve 𰟗, but a supporting font is needed to draw it.
How to type 𰟗
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 307D7, then Alt+X to get 𰟗.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “cjk unified ideograph-307d7”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 307d7, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𰟗CSS
\307D7HTML/XML
In markup, write `𰟗`; the parser renders that reference as this exact character.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𰟗
HTML hex
𰟗
CSS content
content: "\307D7";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%B0%9F%97
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.