What 雔 means
A pair of birds. 雔 joins two 隹, the bird component in Chinese writing. A Han-era Chinese dictionary, 《說文解字》, glosses it as paired birds.
A Japanese kanji reference also gives “rival birds”; a Chinese dictionary gives “paired birds.”
Will every font show 雔?
Not always; font support varies. A Japanese reference says it may look different or disappear across devices, browsers, and fonts. As of 2026-09-12, check font support if it is missing.
Classical; specifically, a pair of birds.
Don't use 雔 for 雙: 雙 means “pair,” “both,” or “double.”
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does 雔 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 雔
雔\96D4Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.