What 丵 means
It describes grass growing in thick clumps. The earliest firm dictionary record is in the Han-era Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese character dictionary; that attestation shows the graph was known by then, not when it first appeared.
The older history is less settled. In oracle-bone material, a related component in 對 has been read as a chisel-like tool, a punitive implement, or a toothed weapon. These are proposed readings of a component in 對, not standalone meanings of 丵. Later senses of 對 include setting something opposite and answering; those meanings belong to 對.
Chinese dictionaries label 丵’s grass sense obsolete. Japanese references list the reading くさのむらがり, literally “a clump of grass”; Korean Hanja references record a reading meaning “thick grass.”
Archaic and dictionary-like; its grass gloss gives little context in casual chat.
If it arrives alone, ask what the sender means; the gloss does not name a mood.
Who writes 丵
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Questions people ask
2Does 丵 mean a weapon?
No. Tool and weapon readings are proposed interpretations of a component in 對, not meanings of 丵 on its own.
What should I make of 丵 in a message?
Ask for context. Its old grass gloss does not tell you the sender’s mood.
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How to type or find 丵
- Also called
- zhuó · zhuo · くさのむらがり
- Search it as
- 丵 meaning · zhuo2 · zok6 · thick grass · grass clump · rare character
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
丵\4E35Codes and encoding1 code points
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