𤣥

𤣥 U+248E5, 𤣥 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-248E5 ← 𤣤 [U+248E4] CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B 𤣦 → [U+248E6]

Translingual

Han character

𤣥 (Kangxi radical 95, 玄+-1, 4 strokes, composition ⿳亠𠃋𠃋)

Derived characters

• 𤣦, 𥩚, 𦯾

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 725, character 1
• Unihan data for U+248E5

Chinese

Glyph origin

Naming taboo (避諱／避讳); the last dot in 玄 (xuán) was omitted to avoid using the same character in the Kangxi Emperor's personal name, which was 玄燁／玄烨.

This was also applied to derived characters; characters like 弦 and 畜 were also missing the last dot in 玄 (xuán) during this time.

This also produced 𤍞 (yè) < 燁／烨 (yè).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 𤣥 – see 玄 (“deep; profound; mysterious; black; reddish black; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 玄).