What 藳 means
Enter gao3, then select 藳.
In Mandarin Pinyin, gǎo sounds roughly like “kaow” with a low-rising tone. If 藳 is missing from the suggestions, try a rare-character or component search, or enter hexadecimal 85F3 with your system’s Unicode or character-map tool.
What does 藳 mean?
藳 is an older written variant in the 稿 family.
Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese dictionary, records the related form 稾 for a grain stalk. The same word family also refers to draft writing or a manuscript; 稿 is the usual form in ordinary modern Chinese. 藳 is useful when matching a historical text or a source that uses this spelling.
A rare written variant; its display depends on the reader’s font.
For an ordinary modern draft, use 稿; 藳 can look historical or source-specific.
Who writes 藳
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2Questions people ask
1Why does 藳 appear as a box?
A box means the font or app cannot draw this text character. Try a font with broader CJK coverage; it is a font-support issue, not a different character.
How to type or find 藳
- Search it as
- 藳 · 藳 how to type · 藳 pronunciation · 藳 vs 稿 · 藳 input method · gao3 · gǎo · 稿
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
藳\85F3Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.




