What 趃 means
It describes a brisk run with big strides.
The earliest dictionary citation for 趃 is in the Yupian (玉篇), a Chinese character dictionary compiled in 543. It gives 大走也 (“running in long strides”); later dictionaries also record 走貌 (“the manner of walking”).
Questions people ask
1Why is 趃 showing as a box?
The font drawing the text may not contain 趃. It is text, not emoji artwork.
How to type 趃
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 8D83, then Alt+X to get 趃.
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-8d83”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 8d83, then Enter or Space.
HTML
趃CSS
\8D83Cangjie
Try GOHQO in Cangjie, a shape-based Chinese input method. In IBus Cangjie, as of 2026, enable rare characters in settings.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
趃
HTML hex
趃
CSS content
content: "\8D83";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E8%B6%83
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.