What 𲋄 means
Use Unicode hex entry, then convert the code.
To type 𲋄 in Word for Windows in 2026, enter 322C4 and press Alt+X. If other hex digits follow, select only the code before conversion.
What does 𲋄 mean?
It writes Vietnamese gió, meaning “wind.”
Chữ Nôm became a full writing system from the 11th through 14th centuries, as Vietnamese writers adapted Han characters to record their language. This graph also represents phong, the Vietnamese reading tied to traditional 風.
A Nôm dictionary cites it in a manuscript of Trạng Trình, a poetry collection by 16th-century poet Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm, and in Huấn ca, printed in 1875. In gió trăng (“wind and moon”), it means an affair outside marriage.
How is 𲋄 read in Tày Nôm?
A Tày Nôm dictionary records it as boong.
Tày Nôm adapts Han characters to write the Tày language. Here, boong marks pronouns as plural; the same dictionary also lists 𲋄 as a written form of the place name Puông.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𲋄 show as a box?
The font or app may not include a glyph for this rare Extension H ideograph. The character can still be present in the text when it displays as a box.
How to type 𲋄
𲋄\322C4Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.
