𰺷 Rare form of 遶

What 𰺷 means

It is a rare written form of 遶, a variant of 繞.

The Han dynasty’s Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese character dictionary, defines 繞 as “to entangle,” with 糸 (“thread”) for meaning and 堯 as the sound component. The Song dynasty’s Guangyun, a dictionary organized by rhyme, gives 遶 the sense “encircle”; Taiwan’s Ministry of Education dictionary identifies 遶 as a later variant of 繞.

Chinese character references equate 𰺷 with 遶. The Unicode chart also associates this exact glyph with a source entry from Taiwan’s CNS 11643, Taiwan’s national Chinese character set; that identifies an encoding source, not when the written form first appeared.

Use 𰺷 when an exact source spelling matters; routine writing uses 绕 in Simplified Chinese or 繞 in Traditional Chinese.

Who writes 𰺷

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Related characters

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遶

CJK Unified Ideograph-9076

𰺷 is listed as a simplified-form counterpart of 遶, a Chinese variant of 繞. In Japanese, 遶 is read as めぐる (meguru, “go around”); Korean Hanja reads it as 요 (yo); Vietnamese chữ Nôm uses it for theo (“follow”).

繞

CJK Unified Ideograph-7E5E

This is the earlier character in the Chinese word family. Shuowen Jiezi defines 繞 as “to entangle,” analyzing it as 糸 (“thread”) plus 堯 for its sound.

绕

CJK Unified Ideograph-7Ed5

This is the ordinary Simplified Chinese spelling corresponding to Traditional 繞. It is the practical form for routine Simplified Chinese prose.

Questions people ask

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Why does 𰺷 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.