What 势 means
It can mean power, influence, momentum, situation, or trend.
The full compound decides which sense fits.
埶 appears on Western Zhou bronzes, an early Chinese dynasty. One inscription is read as 埶 for 設 (“set up”), though the line has competing readings. Texts before the Qin dynasty used 埶 or 勢 for power and strategic circumstances. By the Song and Yuan dynasties, 势 was an informal form of 勢; it later became the standard simplified Chinese form. Traditional Chinese and Japanese use 勢.
Neutral alone; the compound sets the tone.
Not every use means “power.”
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsUsing influence to bully.
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Questions people ask
1Why does 势 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 势
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- shi · shì · 势 · 勢 · 势力 · 趋势 · 形势 · 手势
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势\52BFCodes and encoding1 code points
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