What 澿 means
It names a water feature, not water itself. Taiwan's Ministry of Education (MOE) dictionary entry from 2024 marks it as absent from Shuowen, an early Chinese dictionary, and cites Guangyun and Jiyun, later rhyme dictionaries that group entries by sound, for its reading and “water name” gloss.
Those records preserve 澿 as a written name for a water feature. Han Dian, another Chinese dictionary, keeps that core gloss and adds a dialect note equating 澿 with 汵.
If someone sends 澿 alone, treat it as a character to look up or a fragment of a name; the glyph by itself does not tell you which.
How do I type 澿?
Use a Chinese IME, or enter its Unicode value directly.
A Chinese pinyin IME uses Latin-letter spellings of Mandarin syllables to offer character candidates. Enter qin or qín and inspect the list; some IMEs may omit this uncommon character. Cangjie, an input method based on character components, uses EDDF; then select 澿.
As of 2026, desktop routes include Windows Word or Outlook: type 6FBF, then press AltX; macOS with Unicode Hex Input: hold Option and type 6FBF; GNOME: press CtrlShiftU, enter 6fbf, then press Space or Enter.
What is 澿 related to?
Its components and dictionary notes connect it to other Chinese characters. The left side, 氵, is the water radical, a common water-related component; the right side is 禁. A historical phonetic analysis places 澿 in a series that includes 林, 淋, 霖, and 禁. These are structural or historical links, not synonyms.
Han Dian also records a dialectal equivalence between 澿 and 汵.
Specialized and name-like; by itself, 澿 reads more like a character lookup or part of a name than a conversational reaction.
Use it for a water name, not as the ordinary word for water.
Who writes 澿
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Questions people ask
2Why does 澿 look different in different fonts?
Han fonts can use regional or stylistic glyph forms, and some fonts lack this character. As of 2026, its identity stays the same even when its drawing differs.
Why doesn't my Chinese IME show 澿?
A Chinese IME may not include every rare Han character. As of 2026, if 澿 is missing, try component or stroke input, a character map or viewer, or Unicode hexadecimal input.
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澿\6FBFCodes and encoding1 code points
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