What 鈟 means
It means “to fish” and is a variant of 釣.
An early Chinese character dictionary, 《說文解字》, explains 釣 as catching fish with a curved metal hook.
Three Chinese dictionaries record 鈟 as a variant: 字彙 (1615), 正字通 (1671), and 康熙字典 (1716). It replaces 釣’s 勺 with 弔; the meaning stays “to fish.”
鈟 is a dictionary-style variant; everyday Chinese uses 釣 in traditional script or 钓 in simplified script.
Questions people ask
1Why does 鈟 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 鈟
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 921F, then Alt+X to get 鈟.
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-921f”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 921f, then Enter or Space.
HTML
鈟CSS
\921FPinyin
Type diào in a Chinese Pinyin input method; the rare variant may not appear among candidates.
Cangjie
In the Cangjie shape-based input method, enter CNL; some dictionaries also list XXCNL.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
鈟
HTML hex
鈟
CSS content
content: "\921F";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%88%9F
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.