What 辳 means
It carries 農's meaning, not a separate one. Han-era Shuowen records 辳 among 農's ancient forms and connects the family to 䢉 and other script forms. Scholars read the early graph as clearing or cultivating land, but disagree over the exact tool or creature shown. Later readings include farmer, farming, and agriculture.
As of 2026, it marks an archaic or variant spelling; choose 農 or 农 in ordinary modern text.
It is a character variant, not a separate emoji meaning.
Who writes 辳
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does 辳 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 辳
- Search it as
- nong · nóng · 農 · 农 · farming · agriculture · farmer · cultivate
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
辳CSS
\8FB3Cangjie
Enter DDMMV, then choose 辳 from the candidates.
Pinyin
Enter nóng or nong, then choose 辳 manually.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
辳
HTML hex
辳
CSS content
content: "\8FB3";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E8%BE%B3
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On screen
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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.