What 翪 means
翪 names a bird’s repeated up-and-down wingbeats. It describes the motion, not a bird species.
The Erya, an early Chinese glossary, includes 翪 in a gloss about birds. Shuowen Jiezi, an early character dictionary, omits it; later rhyme dictionaries retain the wing-motion sense. Two documented variant forms are 𦑨 and 𪃊.
As of 2026-09-11, a Shanghainese dictionary example uses 翪 for the same wing motion.
A specialized literary Chinese verb for a bird’s wing motion.
Questions people ask
1Why does 翪 show as a box?
Your font or its fallback may not support 翪. Try a font that includes this Chinese character.
How to type 翪
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 7FEA, then Alt+X to get 翪.
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-7fea”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 7fea, then Enter or Space.
HTML
翪CSS
\7FEAWord for Windows
How to type 翪: type 7FEA, then press Alt+X.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
翪
HTML hex
翪
CSS content
content: "\7FEA";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%BF%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.