What 嵣 means
Use Unicode input in Microsoft’s Traditional Chinese IME.
As of 2026, in Chinese mode, type <code> </code> + U + 5D63 + Space . This direct Unicode entry avoids choosing between the character’s two readings.
Cangjie, a shape-based Chinese input method, lists the keystrokes 山 U 戈 I 中 L 口 R; availability depends on the IME.
What does 嵣 mean?
It describes a broad mountain form or names a mountain.
One literary appearance is in Zhang Heng’s 《南都赋》, a Han-dynasty descriptive poem, where 嵣㟐 appears in a catalogue of mountains. A later annotation by Li Shan explains the paired phrase as mountain rock spread broadly and expansively.
As of 2024, the dictionary record says 《说文解字》, an early Chinese character dictionary, omits 嵣. Later works 《玉篇》 and 《广韵》 record its mountain senses. In Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin, dàng has the fourth, falling tone and describes a mountain’s form; táng has the second, rising tone and is the reading for a mountain name.
What does 嵣 mean when someone sends it?
A lone message does not identify which sense the sender intends.
嵣 could be a quotation, a name, or a deliberate choice of a rare character. Check the sentence it came from or ask the sender.
Its documented senses are classical and lexicographic; in an everyday message, 嵣 reads like a quotation, a name, or an intentional rare-character choice.
A lone 嵣 does not tell you which mountain sense—or whether either was intended.
Who writes 嵣
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsIn 嵣㟐, it describes mountain rock as broad and extensive.
Questions people ask
1Why does 嵣 show as a box?
It can indicate that the active font lacks a glyph for 嵣. As of 2024, Taiwan’s CNS 11643 national character database listed it in the default fonts for Windows 10 and later, and offered a font package for other Windows setups.
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How to type or find 嵣
- Search it as
- dàng · táng · 嵣㟐 · mountain name · mountain character · Unicode input · Cangjie
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
嵣\5D63 U 5D63 Space .Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.