What 鳗 means
It names an eel in simplified Chinese. In Mandarin, its pinyin is mán, spoken with a rising tone.
The early Chinese dictionary Shuowen Jiezi records 鰻: 魚 marks its fish category, while 曼 supplies a sound clue.
The Japanese phrase 鰻の寝床 (“eel’s bed”) describes a long, narrow, deep space.
Neutral and literal in Chinese, including in food names.
鳗 and 鰻 name the same fish; the forms follow different writing conventions.
Who writes 鳗
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
3Chinese for “eel.”
Chinese for “grilled eel.”
Chinese for an eel rice bowl.
Questions people ask
1Why does 鳗 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 鳗
- Search it as
- unagi · 鳗鱼 · 烤鳗鱼 · 鳗鱼盖饭 · 鰻
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
鳗CSS
\9CD7Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
鳗
HTML hex
鳗
CSS content
content: "\9CD7";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%B3%97
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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
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.