What 皪 means
It names a bright, pearl-like luster.
In the Western Han work 《上林賦》, 的皪 describes pearls gleaming beside a river. Later dictionaries also gloss 皪 as a white appearance, alongside luster.
Literary and specialized; in a message, it reads as a deliberate classical choice that many readers may not recognize.
In casual chat, it may look like a typo to readers unfamiliar with the character.
Combination ideas
1A classical phrase for the bright, lustrous shine of pearls.
Questions people ask
1Why does 皪 appear as a box?
It can: a font may not include 皪's glyph, so it appears as a box or fallback mark even when the text contains the right character.
How to type 皪
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 76AA, then Alt+X to get 皪.
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-76aa”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 76aa, then Enter or Space.
HTML
皪CSS
\76AACangjie
On a Traditional Chinese Cangjie input method, enter HAVID (竹日女戈木), then choose 皪 from the candidates.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
皪
HTML hex
皪
CSS content
content: "\76AA";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%9A%AA
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.