What 澪 means
A navigable channel through shallow water.
The 8th-century Japanese poetry collection Man’yōshū names 澪標 as a channel stake. In Japan’s Heian period, a classical era, the name became a pun on 身を尽くし (“devote oneself fully”) and a chapter title in the classic novel The Tale of Genji. Osaka made the marker its emblem in 1894.
Alone, 澪 needs context: it can be a waterway word or the name Mio.
みおつくし belongs to 澪標, not standalone 澪.
Drift: As of 2025, Benesse ranked 澪 (みお) 10th among girls’ names in its sample.
Who writes 澪
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsA waterway word or a person’s name, Mio.
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1Questions people ask
1Why does 澪 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.
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How to type or find 澪
- Also called
- みお · Mio · れい
- Search it as
- channel · 澪標
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
澪\6FAACodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.