乂 (Chinese character)

Meaning and uses

A Chinese character meaning to govern or to cut. Players use it for its crossed-blade look, as in 乂 name 乂, and because it is a letter-like character, name fields that refuse symbols often accept it.

Unicode details

乂 is the Unicode character named CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E42, code point U+4E42, in the CJK Unified Ideographs block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as a letter (general category Lo).

It is not an emoji, so it keeps the colour and size of the text around it.

Tap a code to copy it:

How to type 乂

• On any device, tap the copy button above, then paste with a long press on a phone, Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac.
• In Microsoft Word on Windows, type 4E42 and then press Alt+X to turn the code into 乂.
• On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “cjk unified ideograph-4e42”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 4e42, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use 乂. In a CSS content property, use "\4E42".