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cjk unified ideograph-42e5

Han character 䋥

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䋥 is used in Chinese for a surface’s texture or pattern; a traditional Vietnamese writing system also records it for “net.” Chinese texts later connect it with belts, ribbons, and decorated dress. By itself, it gives no clear chat reaction, so ask for the source or surrounding words.

Text symbol

What 䋥 means

In Chinese, it names a surface’s texture or pattern. Chinese references gloss 䋥 as 紋理, “texture or pattern,” and also list “lines,” “stripes,” or “veins.” The Mandarin reading of 䋥 is lí, in pinyin, a system for writing Mandarin sounds with Latin letters; its second tone rises as it is spoken.

A gloss attributed to the sixth-century Chinese dictionary Yupian is 文也, “pattern or marking”; later dictionaries preserve that wording. Tang-era and Ming-era texts use 䋥 in descriptions of belts, ribbons, and decorated dress.

The Vietnamese meaning recorded for 䋥 is the word lưới, “net,” in Chữ Nôm, a historical Vietnamese script that used Chinese characters and forms based on them. This is a language-specific use of the same glyph.

A lexical character with historical textile associations; its Chinese and Vietnamese uses depend on the source language.

A lone 䋥 is not a clear reaction; ask for the language or surrounding text.

Who writes 䋥

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What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings

A Han character whose reading depends on language; ask what text or source it came from.

Questions people ask

2

Is 䋥 an emoji?

No. It is a Han text character; a font supplies its shape, and the language context supplies its reading.

Why does 䋥 show as a box?

The active font may not contain this glyph. Try a font with Han-character coverage or software that supports this character.

How to type or find 䋥

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䋥 meaning · 䋥 Chinese meaning · Mandarin reading of 䋥 · Vietnamese meaning of 䋥 · lưới · Cangjie VFWG · 紋理 · 纹理
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 42E5, then AltX to get 䋥.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “cjk unified ideograph-42e5”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 42e5, then Enter or Space.
HTML
䋥
CSS
\42E5
How to type 䋥
Enter it through a Chinese character input method; the candidates available depend on that method.
Pinyin
Pinyin writes Mandarin sounds with Latin letters; enter li in a Mandarin pinyin input method and inspect its candidates.
Cangjie code for 䋥
Cangjie is a shape-based Chinese input method; its listed code for this character is VFWG.
Unicode hex entry
If your editor offers Unicode hex entry, enter 42E5 and invoke its conversion command; the shortcut depends on the app.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
䋥
HTML hex
䋥
CSS content
content: "\42E5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E4%8B%A5
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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