What 鶢 means
It names a classical Chinese seabird. A pre-Qin (before Qin unified China) account in 《国语》, a history text, calls it 爰居 at Lu’s east gate. Lu was an ancient state; officials sacrificed to the bird without knowing why, and the story criticizes them.
《尔雅》, a Chinese dictionary, also records 杂县. 鶢 combines 爰 with 鳥, the Chinese character for bird; dictionaries list 爰 as its older form.
Classical and dictionary-like; it names a literary bird.
Alone, 鶢 lacks context; 鶢鶋 or the quotation clarifies it.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does 鶢 show as a box?
The font may lack 鶢; the text still contains the same character.
How to type 鶢
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 9DA2, then Alt+X to get 鶢.
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-9da2”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 9da2, then Enter or Space.
HTML
鶢CSS
\9DA2Cangjie
In the Chinese Cangjie input method, enter 月水竹日火 (BEHAF).
Wubi
In the Chinese Wubi input method, enter EFTOEGDO.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
鶢
HTML hex
鶢
CSS content
content: "\9DA2";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E9%B6%A2
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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.