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鳭

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Bird-name character 鳭

鳭 names a bird in a classical Chinese reference tradition; the paired name 鳭鷯 is glossed as a bird that splits reed sheaths to eat insects. Sources preserve other spellings, and one dictionary gives the compound a different, yellow-bird reading.

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What 鳭 means

鳭 names a bird in a classical Chinese reference tradition.

The bird is described as small and blue-spotted, splitting a reed sheath to eat insects inside. 剖葦 means “split reeds”; 蘆虎 (“reed tiger”) is another regional name recorded for it.

爾雅, a classical Chinese reference book, records the paired name 鳭鷯. Later lexicographic records also connect it with 刀鷯 and 𩾗; one dictionary glosses 鳭鷯 as a yellow bird, so the compound’s reading depends on the source.

How do I type 鳭?

Use Unicode-aware input for this character.

Search a Chinese input method for 鳭 if it offers uncommon dictionary entries; otherwise enter U9CED in a Unicode-capable editor.

The 2004 Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set (HKSCS) lists U9CED in a legacy Big5 mapping. For a program that expects that older encoding, use its explicit character-conversion route; the mapped bytes are not Unicode text.

Classical and lexicographic: 鳭 names a bird in historical Chinese reference entries.

Without that bird-name context, it may read as an unexplained character.

Who writes 鳭

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Combination ideas

A historical bird name, glossed as a reed-splitting bird or, in one dictionary, a yellow bird.

Questions people ask

Is 鳭 the same as 𩾗?

No. 𩾗 is a separate Unicode character that dictionaries connect with the same bird-name tradition. Keep the glyph used by the source you are quoting.

Why does 鳭 show as a box?

A font or text pipeline may lack this character’s glyph and show a fallback box. The box signals a display problem; it does not alter the underlying character.

How is 鳭 pronounced?

Mandarin dictionaries record two readings in this bird-name tradition: diāo, roughly “dyow” in one syllable with a high, level tone, and zhāo, roughly “jow” with the same tone. Follow the reading given by the source you are using.

How to type or find 鳭

Search it as: 鳭 · 鳭鷯 · 剖葦 · 蘆虎 · 刀鷯 · 𩾗 · diāo · zhāo
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

Windows (Word)

⎇Alt+XType 9CED, then AltX to get 鳭.

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-9ced”.

Linux

⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 9ced, then Enter or Space.

HTML

鳭

CSS

\9CED

Unicode entry

Enter U9CED in a Unicode-capable editor or character-entry tool.

Chinese input method

Search its dictionary candidates for 鳭 only if it includes uncommon characters; otherwise use Unicode entry.

Legacy Big5 text

For an HKSCS workflow, use the program’s explicit conversion route; the mapped bytes are encoding-specific.

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

鳭

HTML hex

鳭

CSS content

content: "\9CED";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%E9%B3%AD

On screen

Code points

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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.

Bird-name character 鳭