<p>I tested in WPS, added several bullets, saved the file in UTF-8 text, then opened the pure text document in Word, and with the "Atl-X" shortcut I found the Unicode code point for these bullets: F0D8, F06E, F075, F06C, etc ...</p>

<p>They are in the PUA (Private Use Area, E000–F8FF). Characters there are not assigned by Unicode, but deliberately left unassigned. Different companies, organizations can use them in different ways. This then raises a possibility that there can be a conflict with two parties using them in different ways. Here the conflict would probably be your problem.</p>

<p>As what the characters actually are, I found  (201E4) through <a href="http://www.zdic.net/z/84/js/201E4.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">zdic</a>, as you can easily look it up by radical. And in the Unicode Chart around it, I found another of them, like <a href="http://www.zdic.net/z/84/js/201D5.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">(201D5)</a> (This first pic in your post). There are also similar characters to some others of your pictures. The characters found are in CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B.</p>

<p>On zdic, there is absolutely no explanation of the characters. They are ancient character or character variations that are not used today.</p>

<p>BTW: I don't know if you can see the characters in the post. The linked pages in zdic use pictures.</p>

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2018-06-08T02:41:41.157Z
Good findings and research! We learned!
dan
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2018-06-07T07:11:39.633Z
2018-06-07T07:11:39.633Z
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<p>For some reason WPS Office, when I clicked "bullet point", gave me this character:
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/UZbF9.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/UZbF9.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>Does anyone know what this character is? When I try handwriting recognition, it can't seem to find it. Same thing when I search by radical. It's like the character doesn't exist.</p>

<p><strong>EDIT</strong>: This character appears when I copy &amp; paste a list with bullets in it: <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/AT7Jv.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/AT7Jv.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p><strong>EDIT 2</strong>: I am on Ubuntu Kylin 16.04 if that makes a difference</p>

<p><strong>EDIT 3</strong>: Apparently there are more... I get these characters when selecting different bullet types: <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/2F5pX.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/2F5pX.png" alt="enter image description here"></a> <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/0u0xo.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/0u0xo.png" alt="enter image description here"></a> <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/8Trmq.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/8Trmq.png" alt="enter image description here"></a> <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/YCgoS.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/YCgoS.png" alt="enter image description here"></a> <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/AkQ6B.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/AkQ6B.png" alt="enter image description here"></a> </p>

<p>Every other function works perfectly fine. There is no issue other than the fact that I can't use bullet points</p>

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2018-06-07T03:05:27.980Z
The last one looks like Jurchen writing. Are you sure you haven't got any Jurchen fonts installed?
dROOOze
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2018-06-07T03:07:39.690Z
apparently not in 4-corner (incl.附号) index dictionary, 四角号码查询 27217 belongs to 7 characters including 㐶 异体字: 化
user6065
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2018-06-07T04:25:28.923Z
@droooze Nope, no Jurchen. I used to have a Tangut font installed (like a year ago)
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Interesting "bullet points"
# Interesting "bullet points"

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-06-07)

For some reason WPS Office, when I clicked "bullet point", gave me this character:
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/UZbF9.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/UZbF9.png)

Does anyone know what this character is? When I try handwriting recognition, it can't seem to find it. Same thing when I search by radical. It's like the character doesn't exist.

**EDIT**: This character appears when I copy & paste a list with bullets in it: [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/AT7Jv.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/AT7Jv.png)

**EDIT 2**: I am on Ubuntu Kylin 16.04 if that makes a difference

**EDIT 3**: Apparently there are more... I get these characters when selecting different bullet types: [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/2F5pX.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/2F5pX.png) [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/0u0xo.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/0u0xo.png) [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/8Trmq.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/8Trmq.png) [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/YCgoS.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/YCgoS.png) [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/AkQ6B.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/AkQ6B.png)

Every other function works perfectly fine. There is no issue other than the fact that I can't use bullet points

**Tags:** meaning, character-identification

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The last one looks like Jurchen writing. Are you sure you haven't got any Jurchen fonts installed?  
> **username_2**: apparently not in 4-corner (incl.附号) index dictionary, 四角号码查询 27217 belongs to 7 characters including 㐶 异体字: 化  
> **username_0**: @username_1 Nope, no Jurchen. I used to have a Tangut font installed (like a year ago)  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2018-06-07. Score: 3

I tested in WPS, added several bullets, saved the file in UTF-8 text, then opened the pure text document in Word, and with the "Atl-X" shortcut I found the Unicode code point for these bullets: F0D8, F06E, F075, F06C, etc ...

They are in the PUA (Private Use Area, E000–F8FF). Characters there are not assigned by Unicode, but deliberately left unassigned. Different companies, organizations can use them in different ways. This then raises a possibility that there can be a conflict with two parties using them in different ways. Here the conflict would probably be your problem.

As what the characters actually are, I found (201E4) through [zdic](http://www.zdic.net/z/84/js/201E4.htm), as you can easily look it up by radical. And in the Unicode Chart around it, I found another of them, like [(201D5)](http://www.zdic.net/z/84/js/201D5.htm) (This first pic in your post). There are also similar characters to some others of your pictures. The characters found are in CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B.

On zdic, there is absolutely no explanation of the characters. They are ancient character or character variations that are not used today.

BTW: I don't know if you can see the characters in the post. The linked pages in zdic use pictures.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: Good findings and research! We learned!  

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