What 𱑙 means
Its modern counterpart is 喝.
𱑙 appears in ancient Chinese bronze inscriptions—short texts cast or cut into ritual objects. An early sense of 喝 was “thirst”; later, it became the usual verb “drink,” while 渴 became the usual word for “thirsty.”
Older Mandarin readings remain: hè means “shout or scold”; yè describes a hoarse sound.
Why does 𱑙 show as a box?
Your font may lack this rare glyph.
As of 2026, BabelStone Han supports 𱑙; a box elsewhere means that font lacks its glyph.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𱑙 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 𱑙
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 31459, then Alt+X to get 𱑙.
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-31459”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 31459, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𱑙CSS
\31459Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𱑙
HTML hex
𱑙
CSS content
content: "\31459";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%B1%91%99
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.