What 𰨁 means
Its source context distinguishes 祧 from 祠.
One Chinese character record associates this glyph with 祠 (cí), a shrine for worshipping ancestors, deities, or honored people. The Buddhist character dictionary 龍龕手鑑 (Longkan Shoujian), compiled in 997, records this form as 祧 (tiāo), a temple for distant ancestors.
In ritual Chinese, 祧 can also name moving an ancestor’s spirit tablet into that remote temple, then extend to continuing the family line through an heir. 祠 is broader; read the surrounding source to choose between them.
Why does 𰨁 show as a box?
The active font may lack a drawing for it.
As of 2026, support for this CJK Extension G glyph still varies by font. A browser or app without a matching CJK font can show a missing-glyph box; the underlying text still contains 𰨁.
Historical and ceremonial: the 祧 sense belongs to ancestral-ritual and lineage language.
Do not treat 祧 and 祠 as interchangeable spellings; 祧 centers on distant ancestors and their tablets.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𰨁 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 𰨁
𰨁\30A01Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.