What 愽 means
It is a documented variant spelling of 博, not a new word.
The earliest exact-form evidence I could verify is 《字彙》, the Ming dictionary completed around 1615. 博 was explained in 《說文解字》 as “大通也,” the broad or open sense; later senses include breadth, wide learning, obtaining, and gambling. The official variant record says 愽 arose when 博’s 十 became 忄, making the relationship lexical, not merely visual.
For modern messages, use 博 unless preserving an older spelling; copy it from the palette above.
Historical and nonstandard; it signals a preserved spelling, not a new tone.
Using it decoratively may look like a mistake.
Who writes 愽
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Questions people ask
1Why does 愽 render differently?
Sometimes. As of 2024, Taiwan's CNS listing says Windows 10 and later include the glyph in default fonts; other font stacks may fall back differently.
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How to type or find 愽
- Search it as
- 愽 · 博 · bó · bo2
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
愽\613DCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.