What 𱌄 means
𱌄 is an older Chinese character for “spider.” It is linked to 蜘, the first character in the familiar Chinese word 蜘蛛 (“spider”). A 2015 Unicode submission cites Hanyu Da Zidian, a large Chinese character dictionary, for this exact form; that records a dictionary source, not its first appearance.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𱌄 show as a box?
Your active font may be missing its glyph. As of 2026, Noto Sans CJK SC’s published coverage lists Extension F but not Extension G, where 𱌄 is encoded; the browser needs a fallback font that includes it.
How to type 𱌄
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 31304, then Alt+X to get 𱌄.
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-31304”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 31304, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𱌄CSS
\31304Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𱌄
HTML hex
𱌄
CSS content
content: "\31304";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%B1%8C%84
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.