What 𛇱 means
It marks hu5; context selects the word.
A standard Nüshu list pairs it with Chinese 哭 (“cry”) and 屋 (“house”); 5 marks tone in this Jiangyong reading.
Rural women in Jiangyong, Hunan, used Nüshu to write local speech where access to schooling was limited; its slanted forms adapt Chinese characters. The oldest known artifact is a bronze coin from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a rebel state, minted in 1851–1864 with a sisterhood message.
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Who writes 𛇱
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𛇱 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 𛇱
- Search it as
- nüshu · nushu · hu5 · jiangyong · 女书 · 哭 · 屋
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𛇱CSS
\1B1F1Rime Nüshu input method
To type 𛇱 with Rime, install its Nüshu input method, enter hu5 in Jiangyong romanization, and select this character (checked 2026-09-26).
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𛇱
HTML hex
𛇱
CSS content
content: "\1B1F1";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9B%87%B1
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On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.