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䦽

cjk unified ideograph-49bd

Han character 䦽

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䦽 is an uncommon historical form of the Chinese character 序, read xù in Mandarin. The older character is tied to a hall wall and later to order, schools, and book prefaces. For ordinary writing, use 序; 䦽 belongs when a source specifically uses that form.

Text symbol

What 䦽 means

It is a rare historical variant of 序, read xù in Mandarin.

The earliest glyph record listed for 䦽 is a bronze inscription from the Spring and Autumn period. 序 began with the sense of a hall's east or west wall; it later meant order, a school, and a book's preface.

Rare and historical; 序 is the ordinary form.

As of 2026-09-10, its displayed shape may vary by font, browser, or device; it remains the same character.

Who writes 䦽

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Questions people ask

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Why does 䦽 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 or find 䦽

Search it as
xu · xù · 序 · 㘧 · 序异体 · 異體字 · 东西墙 · 東西牆
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 49BD, then AltX to get 䦽.
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-49bd”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 49bd, then Enter or Space.
HTML
䦽
CSS
\49BD
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
䦽
HTML hex
䦽
CSS content
content: "\49BD";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E4%A6%BD
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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