What ⽞ means
It labels the Kangxi index for 玄.
A radical index groups characters by a shared component, so readers can find one without knowing its pronunciation.
Mei Yingzuo’s dictionary Zihui used the 214-radical arrangement in 1615; the Kangxi Dictionary popularized it in 1716. An early form of 玄 appears in Western Zhou bronze inscriptions (writing cast on bronze vessels). In early Chinese, 玄 named a dark color; classical Chinese also used it for “profound” or “mysterious.”
Specialist notation for character lookup.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does ⽞ 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 ⽞
- Search it as
- xuan · radical 95 · Kangxi radical · 玄 · ⽞ vs 玄
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
⽞\2F5ECodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.