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魀

cjk unified ideograph-9b40

Chinese character 魀

19777/20992

魀 is an old written variant of 尬, the character used in 尴尬 (“awkward”). The Kangxi Dictionary cites 魀 in a personal name from the Warring States period. In Song, Yuan, and Ming records, the related word family widens from uneven walking to improper behavior and awkward situations; for ordinary writing, use 尬 or 尴尬.

Text symbol

What 魀 means

魀 is the cjk unified ideograph-9b40. Unicode classifies it as a letter and files it in the CJK Unified Ideographs block; this site shelves it under Chinese, Japanese & Korean.

Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.

How it is encoded

魀 is a single code point, U9B40. In HTML that is 魀, and in CSS \9B40.

Who writes 魀

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Questions people ask

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Why does 魀 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 or find 魀

Search it as
魀 · 尬 · 尴尬 · 尲尬 · meaning of 魀 · old form of 尬
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 9B40, then AltX to get 魀.
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-9b40”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 9b40, then Enter or Space.
HTML
魀
CSS
\9B40
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
魀
HTML hex
魀
CSS content
content: "\9B40";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%AD%80
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.

Families this belongs to

2

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Chinese, Japanese & Korean121,370 symbols