What 鮅 means
It names a fish.
The received Han-era text of 《說文解字》, an early Chinese dictionary, analyzes 鮅 as 魚, the fish-meaning element, plus 必, the sound element. A commentary questions whether the entry belonged to the original text, so it is an early dictionary witness, not a secure date for the character’s origin.
The documented variant 𩺷 uses 畢 where 鮅 uses 必; it is an alternate written form, not a damaged display.
A lexicographic name for a particular fish.
Who writes 鮅
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Don't confuse it with
1Related characters
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CJK Unified Ideograph-9B5A
In the traditional analysis of 鮅, 魚 is the element that supplies the fish meaning.
CJK Unified Ideograph-5Fc5
In the traditional analysis of 鮅, 必 is the sound-bearing element.
CJK Unified Ideograph-9C52
Chinese lexicons connect 鮅 with 鱒 as a separate fish name, not an alternate spelling.
Questions people ask
1Why does 鮅 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.
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How to type or find 鮅
- Also called
- bì · 𩺷
- Search it as
- 鮅 · bi4 · hitsu · red-eyed freshwater fish · 赤眼鳟 · 赤目鱒
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
鮅CSS
\9B85Chinese Pinyin input method
Type bi and select 鮅 if it appears in the candidate list.
Cangjie input method
Enter NFPH.
Wubi 86/98 input method
Enter QONT.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
鮅
HTML hex
鮅
CSS content
content: "\9B85";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%AE%85
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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.