What 镽 means
It describes a slender or long-looking form.
Classical sources also put 镽 beside the separate character 𨲭 in a two-character expression for “long-looking.” This records a word relationship, not an alternate spelling.
For the Mandarin pronunciation of 镽, Pinyin dictionaries list liǎo (third tone; pitch falls then rises); some also give liáo (second tone; pitch rises). Pinyin writes Mandarin sounds with Latin letters.
Questions people ask
1Why does 镽 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 镽
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 957D, then Alt+X to get 镽.
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-957d”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 957d, then Enter or Space.
HTML
镽CSS
\957DChinese Cangjie
To type 镽 with Cangjie, enter SIKCF in a Chinese input method and select 镽 from the candidates.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
镽
HTML hex
镽
CSS content
content: "\957D";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%95%BD
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.