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鮇

cjk unified ideograph-9b87

鮇

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鮇 is a Chinese fish name, read in Mandarin wèi (roughly “way,” with a falling tone). Japanese also reads it いわな (i-wa-na), a freshwater fish in the salmon family, written 岩魚. Alone, it is specialized fish text; ask which language is meant.

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What 鮇 means

It is a specialized fish name in both traditions.

The Chinese classic 山海經 (Classic of Mountains and Seas) mentions 寐魚; Guo Pu (郭璞) identifies it as 鮇魚. Later name lists give 嘉魚, 丙穴魚 and 拙魚.

Japanese uses 鮇 for the freshwater fish いわな, also written 岩魚. A fish-name survey records the Kumamoto use and cites a Higo (historic Kumamoto) produce register from 1735–1738.

What does 鮇 mean in a message?

Read it as a fish name, not a reaction.

It is specialized text; ask whether the sender means the Chinese or Japanese use.

Who writes 鮇

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Questions people ask

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Why does 鮇 show as a box?

Your font may lack the glyph; the text can still contain 鮇.

How to type or find 鮇

Also called
iwana · いわな · 岩魚
Search it as
鮇 meaning · 鮇 wèi · 鮇 いわな · 鮇 魚名 · 鮇 嘉魚
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 9B87, then AltX to get 鮇.
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-9b87”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 9b87, then Enter or Space.
HTML
鮇
CSS
\9B87
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
鮇
HTML hex
鮇
CSS content
content: "\9B87";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%AE%87
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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