What 堞 means
It means a battlement on a fortified wall. The Zuo zhuan entry for Xiang 6, traditionally dated to 567 BCE, already uses it for wall-top fighting positions. Shuowen Jiezi defines it as wall-top 女垣, the low screen giving cover between gaps.
Later use stretches the word. 城堞 can mean the city wall itself; 雉堞 names the crenellated parapet. A 2022 architectural account reserves 女儿墙 for roof or balcony parapets, while 堞 stays with old city walls.
Literary architecture; use 城墙 or 城垛 for an ordinary wall.
Sent alone, it can look like a typo or an unexplained classical reference.
Who writes 堞
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2Questions people ask
1Why does 堞 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 堞
- Also called
- 女垣 · 女墙
- Search it as
- die · 堞 · 城堞 · 雉堞 · 堞楼 · 堞口 · battlement · parapet
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
堞\581ECodes and encoding1 code points
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