⿰凸凹kanji that don't exist

None of these exists: not in Unicode, and not in the big dictionaries such as Daikanwa, in any spelling of their parts. Each one is written as plain text, a Unicode Ideographic Description Sequence like ⿰氵凸, which means "氵 on the left of 凸". A font I built fuses each sequence into one character, using parts cut out of real characters.

They're meant for clankers: an AI agent can write ⿰金夢 as easily as any other text. Copy a character here and you get its recipe, not a picture.

puddlehump

⿰氵凸⿰氵凸
  • 氵water
  • 凸bump

literala swell, the crest of a wave

actuallythe lump under the rug where the spill went

dekoboko

⿰凸凹⿰凸凹
  • 凸bump
  • 凹dent

literaltwo shapes that fit together

actuallytwo coworkers who only get anything done as a pair

feverdream

⿰火夢⿰火夢
  • 火fire
  • 夢dream

literala burning dream

actuallythe 2 a.m. architecture idea

bugcrawl

⿺辶虫⿺辶虫
  • 辶walk, go
  • 虫insect, bug

literalan insect on the move

actuallythe bug that crawled into production

dragonhouse

⿴囗龍⿴囗龍
  • 囗enclosure
  • 龍dragon

literala caged dragon

actuallya senior engineer in sprint planning

gatewyrm

⿵門龍⿵門龍
  • 門gate
  • 龍dragon

literala dragon guarding the gate

actuallythe CODEOWNERS file

buzzword

⿰言虫⿰言虫
  • 言words, speech
  • 虫insect

literalthe words of an insect, a buzz

actuallysynergy

dogdream

⿰犭夢⿰犭夢
  • 犭dog, beast
  • 夢dream

literala dog dreaming, paws twitching

actuallychasing a squirrel that isn't there

sunbather

⿱日龍⿱日龍
  • 日sun
  • 龍dragon

literala dragon basking in the sun

actuallythe boss back from vacation, before the first email

marrowlove

⿰骨愛⿰骨愛
  • 骨bone
  • 愛love

literallove down to the bone

actuallya dog greeting you after you were gone five minutes

dragonhusk

⿸尸龍⿸尸龍
  • 尸body, corpse
  • 龍dragon

literalthe body a dragon left behind

actuallylegacy code nobody dares delete

sleeptalk

⿰口夢⿰口夢
  • 口mouth
  • 夢dream

literaltalking in your sleep

actuallya standup update

electricsheep

⿰金夢⿰金夢
  • 金metal
  • 夢dream

literala machine's dream

actuallya clanker citing a paper that doesn't exist

livewire

⿰亻電⿰亻電
  • 亻person
  • 電electricity

literalan electric person, a cyborg

actuallysomeone on their fourth coffee

ironheart

⿱金心⿱金心
  • 金metal
  • 心heart

literala heart of steel

actuallya clanker insisting it has feelings

stoneheart

⿰石心⿰石心
  • 石stone
  • 心heart

literalstone-hearted

actuallya landlord

catwalk

⿺辶猫⿺辶猫
  • 辶walk, go
  • 猫cat

literala cat on the move

actuallythe 3 a.m. zoomies

voltsick

⿸疒電⿸疒電
  • 疒sickness
  • 電electricity

literalan illness of electricity

actuallya phone at 1%

catcastle

⿸广猫⿸广猫
  • 广roof, building
  • 猫cat

literala cat's house

actuallyyour apartment, which you rent for the cat

ghostbox

⿴囗鬼⿴囗鬼
  • 囗enclosure
  • 鬼ghost

literala ghost shut in a box

actuallya container nobody remembers starting

nervespark

⿰忄電⿰忄電
  • 忄heart, mind
  • 電electricity

literala jolt of feeling

actuallynotification anxiety

heartcage

⿴囗心⿴囗心
  • 囗enclosure
  • 心heart

literala guarded heart

actually"I'm fine."

doorcat

⿵門猫⿵門猫
  • 門gate, door
  • 猫cat

literala cat at the door

actuallya cat on the wrong side of every door

dragonstack

⿱龍龍⿱龍龍
  • 龍dragon
  • 龍dragon

literala dragon on top of a dragon

actuallymiddle management