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嬍

cjk unified ideograph-5b0d

Chinese character 嬍

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嬍 is an uncommon written variant of 美, the Chinese character for beautiful or good. In a message, understand 嬍 as 美; its spelling has a bookish feel.

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What 嬍 means

Yes. 嬍 is a rare variant of 美. Chinese dictionaries equate them; older glosses of 美 also include “sweet.” 美 is the familiar written form, while 嬍 appears mainly in dictionaries and classical writing.

The written record for 美 reaches at least the Shang and Western Zhou periods: it appears in inscriptions on oracle bones—bones used in divination—and on bronze objects. This dates the evidence for 美, not the variant 嬍. The classical Chinese collection 丹崖集 uses 有嬍一士 to praise a man, showing 嬍 in literary use.

Literary and dictionary-like; 美 is clearer in ordinary writing.

Alone, 嬍 can look like a typo or display as a missing-glyph box.

Who writes 嬍

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Questions people ask

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Why does 嬍 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 嬍

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嬍 · 嬍 meaning · 嬍 美 variant · 嬍 Cangjie
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 5B0D, then AltX to get 嬍.
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-5b0d”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 5b0d, then Enter or Space.
HTML
嬍
CSS
\5B0D
Font fallback
If it displays as a box, the active font lacks 嬍; another font with broader Han coverage may show it.
Cangjie
With a Cangjie Chinese input method, enter VUGK to select 嬍.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
嬍
HTML hex
嬍
CSS content
content: "\5B0D";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E5%AC%8D
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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