What 螀 means
It names a small cicada, especially in 寒螀.
The earliest recorded use is in Wang Chong’s 1st-century CE 論衡, a Chinese philosophical work. 寒螿 names an insect responding to autumn’s yin, the cool, inward force in traditional Chinese thought.
Later poetry broadened 寒螀 to late-autumn singing insects, whose calls suggest sleeplessness or separation. Other Chinese names include 寒蜩 and 寒蝉.
Classical, literary, and unusual as a standalone modern message.
Everyday simplified Chinese uses 蝉; 螀 is narrower and literary.
Questions people ask
1Why does 螀 show as a box?
The font lacks 螀; switch to a Chinese font with broader character coverage.
How to type 螀
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 8780, then Alt+X to get 螀.
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-8780”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 8780, then Enter or Space.
HTML
螀CSS
\8780Pinyin
On a Chinese pinyin keyboard, enter jiang and select 螀; use its character list if it is absent.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
螀
HTML hex
螀
CSS content
content: "\8780";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E8%9E%80
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.