What 侧 means
It means beside, side, or leaning sideways. The dictionary sense is what sits beside or at the side, extended to not-straight and leaning.
As of 2026-09-07, no single inventor or secure oracle-bone first appearance is defensible. The safe history is script convention: 侧 is the Simplified form of 側.
Neutral written Chinese for position or direction, not a mood.
Alone, it is not a reaction; ask for the surrounding word.
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Who writes 侧
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsThe two sides or flanks of something.
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 侧 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 侧
- Search it as
- ce · ce4 · cè · zè · side · beside · lateral · tilt
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
侧CSS
\4FA7Pinyin cè
How to type 侧 with pinyin: enter ce or ce4, then pick 侧.
Alternate zè
Alternate zè belongs with 仄; do not choose it for usual cè.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
侧
HTML hex
侧
CSS content
content: "\4FA7";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E4%BE%A7
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.