What 刓 means
It means to pare, carve, or wear away.
The ancient Chinese poetry collection Songs of Chu uses 刓方以為圜 (“pare a square round”). The image criticizes trading principle for worldly tact; 刓 also describes worn edges or damaged writing.
Its earliest form is disputed: records point to animal-bone inscriptions or Small Seal, an early standardized script. Shuowen Jiezi, an old Chinese character dictionary, analyzes 刓 as 刀 (“knife”) plus 元 for sound.
Who writes 刓
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
1Meaning: pare a square round; figuratively, soften integrity to fit worldly expectations.
Questions people ask
1Why does 刓 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 刓
- Search it as
- wan · 刓方为圆 · 刓方為圓 · 刓缺 · 刓刻
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
刓CSS
\5213Pinyin
How to type 刓: in a Chinese Pinyin IME, enter wan and select 刓. Its display depends on a font that supports Chinese characters.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
刓
HTML hex
刓
CSS content
content: "\5213";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E5%88%93
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.