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> But it's even more useful for people who want to use the actual character to be able to use it!

... And they can, since a code point was assigned for it; so what's the problem?



The problem is quoted right there in my original comment!


There isn't any actual problem. People who want to use the character can still do so. If you're referring to

> was not added to JIS or Unicode until much later

then TFA is simply inaccurate; 𡚴 has been in Unicode since 2001. More importantly, replacing the incorrect character (instead of supplementing it) wouldn't realistically have made it possible to add it sooner. They didn't really know what they were doing back at the start.




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