What 𝌒 means
It names “increase” in this Chinese classic.
Chinese scholar Yang Xiong completed the Tai Xuan Jing’s first draft in 2 BCE. The classic supplements the Yijing, or Book of Changes, with 81 signs of four lines; each line is solid, split once, or split twice.
The “Increase” entry ties flourishing yang (active energy) to growth, but warns of empty display, harmful gain, and loss. Fan Wang’s Jin-dynasty edition is the earliest surviving text; it places commentary beside each sign. Some fonts lack Unicode’s Plane 1 range and show a box.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𝌒 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Tai Xuan Jing Symbols 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.
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How to type or find 𝌒
- Also called
- 增 · zēng
- Search it as
- Tai Xuan Jing · Alternative I Ching · Elemental Changes
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𝌒\1D312Codes and encoding1 code points
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