What 𛉢 means
In Rime, enter hai42 using Jiangyong romanization.
What does 𛉢 mean?
It records the spoken syllable hai42. Unicode 18.0.0 lists hai42 as its common reading. A Nüshu sign may stand for several local words with the same sound, so the full line supplies the intended word.
How did Nüshu develop?
Women adapted Chinese-character forms and created signs to write local speech. One origin study argues that Jiangyong records of a locally named “mosquito-shaped writing” show Nüshu developing by 1704.
As of 2025, the oldest known physical Nüshu artifact is a coin from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a rebel state in China (1851–1864). Its inscription says women worldwide are one family. Women used Nüshu for songs, letters between sworn sisters—close friends pledged as family—and wedding wishes given to a bride three days after marriage; many could not read Chinese characters. Wider academic study began in 1982.
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Questions people ask
1Why do older Unicode charts say moe42?
That was a draft reading. A 2013 Unicode proposal labeled U1B262 moe42 and linked it to 埋; Unicode 18.0.0 source data lists hai42 for the final entry.
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𛉢\1B262hai42 in 2026.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.