What 魹 means
It means とど (“toh-doh”), the Steller sea lion.
Kamaishi, a Japanese coastal city, reports animal remains from around 2000–1800 BCE. The reading とど appears in 出雲風土記, a regional chronicle from 733; a local memorial records fishing for the animal in 1858.
This Japanese-made character joins 魚 (fish) and 毛 (hair) to evoke the sea lion’s mane. Older Japanese and Ainu sources use different names for seals and sea lions; 海馬 and 胡獱 are alternative Japanese names for it.
Who writes 魹
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsIt names the animal.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 魹 render differently?
It can: as of 2026, some Windows apps and web forms show it differently or reject it.
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How to type or find 魹
- Search it as
- Steller sea lion · とど · 魹ヶ崎
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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魹CSS
\9B79Japanese input
Some systems omit 魹, a level-3 character in Japan’s JIS X 0213 set; try converting とど.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
魹
HTML hex
魹
CSS content
content: "\9B79";
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URL encoded
%E9%AD%B9
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
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