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𛇾

nushu character-1b1fe

Nüshu character nw33

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𛇾 is read nw33 in Nüshu, a syllabic script for local speech in Jiangyong County, Hunan, China. Women there used it despite limited schooling for letters, songs, life stories and wedding gifts; its slanted forms adapt Chinese character shapes into a distinct script. The earliest written mention is cited in Hunan records from the early 1930s; a claimed 1850s coin inscription remains disputed.

Text symbol

What 𛇾 means

It writes a Nüshu syllable, not one fixed word. Nüshu records local Jiangyong speech by syllable. Different words with the same sound can share a sign, so the surrounding line tells you which word it represents.

The reference reading nw33 is a sound label written with Latin letters and digits, not a Mandarin pronunciation or a translation.

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Who writes 𛇾

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𛇾 show as a box on some devices?

Not every system ships a font for the Nushu block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.

How to type or find 𛇾

Search it as
nüshu · nushu · women's script · nw33
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 1B1FE, then AltX to get 𛇾.
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 “nushu character-1b1fe”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 1b1fe, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𛇾
CSS
\1B1FE
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𛇾
HTML hex
𛇾
CSS content
content: "\1B1FE";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9B%87%BE
1
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.

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