What 丣 means
丣 is a documented older form of 酉.
Forms related to 酉 are recorded in oracle-bone inscriptions—writing carved on bones and shells—and bronze inscriptions, then in Chu slips and Qin texts. Early explanations connect the graph with a wine vessel or millet ripe for brewing. Calendrical use associates 酉 with autumn, the tenth Earthly Branch, the rooster, and the 5–7 p.m. double-hour; it also appears in month and day notation. Japanese references preserve its branch and hour uses.
Archaic; use 酉 when writing the standard modern form.
Replacing 丣 with 酉 in a source transcription can erase the original written-form distinction.
Who writes 丣
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Questions people ask
1Why does 丣 show as a box?
That is usually a font problem. A box or blank can appear when the active font and fallback fonts lack this glyph; it does not mean the text contains a different character.
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How to type or find 丣
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- yǒu · you3 · 酉 · 酉时 · 卯 · rooster · tenth Earthly Branch · Cangjie
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
丣\4E23Codes and encoding1 code points
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