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𛊐

nushu character-1b290

Nüshu sign

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𛊐 is a Nüshu syllable sign read tci5 in Jiangyong, Hunan, China. Women used Nüshu for songs, letters, and wedding gifts; context identifies the word.

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What 𛊐 means

It marks a sound, not one fixed word.

Jiangyong is a county in Hunan; the Nüshu list gives tci5 and groups it with several words pronounced alike.

Nüshu carried women's speech into writing

Women in Jiangyong used Nüshu for songs, letters between sworn sisters (close friends), and wedding booklets given to brides three days after marriage; many could not write Chinese characters. Nüshu signs draw on Chinese characters but mainly record sounds.

An inscribed bronze coin from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851–1864), the earliest known Nüshu artifact, says women everywhere are one family; the first written account is from 1931. A Hunan government report from 2025 describes public lessons and preservation.

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Who writes 𛊐

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Questions people ask

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Why does 𛊐 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.

How to type or find 𛊐

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nushu · nushu input · tci5 · jiangyong
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 1B290, then AltX to get 𛊐.
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-1b290”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 1b290, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𛊐
CSS
\1B290
Nüshu input
Choose a Nüshu input method with Jiangyong pronunciation and enter tci5.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𛊐
HTML hex
𛊐
CSS content
content: "\1B290";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9B%8A%90
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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.

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