What 㹹 means
A rare dog-name character, not an emoji. The 㹹 dog name is read gēng and survives in 狓㹹, a recorded name for a kind of dog. Its use is lexical and historical, not emotional or conversational.
The earliest evidence I could substantiate is the 1039 dictionary Jiyun, cited through the later Kangxi entry, not a traceable single invention. Structurally, 犭 marks the animal field and 庚 supports the sound. The 㹹 looks different across fonts, and some systems show a box instead. I found no defensible modern slang, ritual, regional, or conversational reading in the sources checked as of 2026.
Lexicographic and archaic; outside a Chinese-character or historical context, it needs explanation.
Do not send it where you mean is 㹹 an emoji; many readers see only an obscure character.
Who writes 㹹
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Questions people ask
1Why does 㹹 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find 㹹
- Search it as
- geng · gēng · dog · dog name · hanzi · kanji · rare character · U+3E79
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
㹹\3E79Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.