What 鯣 means
An older Japanese encyclopedia records that use.
The illustrated Wakan Sansai Zue gives 鯣 and 鰑 an eel sense; 鯣 also names するめ.
The early dictionary Wamyō Ruijushō lists するめいか, squid prepared as するめ, around 934. A 1334 record names dried するめ; by the Edo period it was exported to China by grade.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsSomeone sends 鯣 alone
A literal mention of dried squid.
On a Japanese wedding-gift list
An auspicious marriage wish, sometimes written 寿留女.
Combination ideas
1Japanese するめいか names squid prepared as dried するめ.
Questions people ask
1Why does 鯣 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 鯣
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 9BE3, then Alt+X to get 鯣.
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-9be3”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 9be3, then Enter or Space.
HTML
鯣CSS
\9BE3Japanese IME
Enter するめ and select 鯣.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
鯣
HTML hex
鯣
CSS content
content: "\9BE3";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%AF%A3
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.