What 𰲨 means
It refers to a metal tool used for digging. The early Chinese character dictionary Shuowen Jiezi glosses 鈂 as a kind of digging implement. Later dictionary explanations call it an iron pestle or an iron pick.
The Ming-period Chongding Zhiyin Pian, a Chinese character-and-rhyme dictionary, records 𰲨 under the headword 鈂.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𰲨 show as a box?
On a browser or phone whose fonts lack this rare character, 𰲨 may appear as a box or blank. Unicode 17.0 classifies Extension G as rare, historic ideographs; the display points to font coverage, not a different meaning.
How to type 𰲨
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 30CA8, then Alt+X to get 𰲨.
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-30ca8”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 30ca8, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𰲨CSS
\30CA8Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𰲨
HTML hex
𰲨
CSS content
content: "\30CA8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%B0%B2%A8
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.