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鈈

cjk unified ideograph-9208

CJK Unified Ideograph-9208

鈈 is the traditional Chinese character for plutonium (Pu), pronounced bù. It is technical chemistry, not emoji slang. Mainland simplified writing uses 钚; Taiwan uses 鈽 for the same element.

Text symbol
Also called
钚 · 鈽
Search it as
pu · plutonium · bù · bu
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 鈈 means

It names plutonium in Mainland technical usage.

The pronunciation is bù: left-side 釒 marks a metal, while 不 supplies the sound, the standard modern pattern for Chinese element names.

Its older dictionary trail is separate: a current variant entry says Shuowen does not record 鈈, but lists pī/pí as variants of 鈹. Chemistry later gave the graph its plutonium sense; Taiwan's 鈽 is the regional counterpart.

Technical, specialist, and out of place as a casual reaction.

Do not read it as an emoji reaction; add “plutonium” or “Pu” for a general audience.

What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings
Periodic table
Plutonium (Pu).
Sent alone in chat
A chemistry reference; no built-in emoji tone.

Don't confuse it with

2
鈽
CJK Unified Ideograph-923D
Taiwan's traditional plutonium character; same bù reading, different form.
钚
CJK Unified Ideograph-949A
Mainland simplified form of 鈈; same element, shorter radical.

Combination ideas

1
Plutonium-239 notation in nuclear monitoring (2006).

Questions people ask

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Why does 鈈 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.

How to type 鈈

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 9208, then Alt+X to get 鈈.
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-9208”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 9208, then Enter or Space.
HTML
鈈
CSS
\9208
Pinyin
Use the palette or a CJK input method; select 鈈 under bù, not the common 不.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
鈈
HTML hex
鈈
CSS content
content: "\9208";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%88%88
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.

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