What 蓸 means
A plant name, but no identifiable species.
The Han-dynasty dictionary Shuowen glosses it as a plant; the later Song-dynasty dictionary Guangyun calls it a plant name.
An early example is “四年咎奴蓸令戈”, a bronze inscription from the late Warring States period.
The top grass radical 艹 signals vegetation; 曹 supplies the sound.
Its clearest setting is historical records and dictionary entries.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why can 蓸 vary by font?
In fonts with regional Han designs, its outline can change while the encoded character remains 蓸.
How to type 蓸
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 84F8, then Alt+X to get 蓸.
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-84f8”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 84f8, then Enter or Space.
HTML
蓸CSS
\84F8Cangjie
Enter TTWA with a Cangjie input method.
Unicode input
If your editor accepts code-point entry, enter 84F8.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
蓸
HTML hex
蓸
CSS content
content: "\84F8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E8%93%B8
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.