What 墍 means
墍 is a variant form of 塈 with several classical senses.
The early Chinese character dictionary Shuowen Jiezi explains 塈 as plastering overhead: coating the underside of a roof with earthen plaster. It identifies 土 as the material marker and 旣 as the sound-bearing part. The classic Shangshu uses 塈 in a building passage. The Book of Songs, an early poetry collection, uses the variant for taking or gathering something and for rest.
Classical and dictionary-focused; the sentence supplies the sense.
A bare 墍 cannot choose among its classical senses.
Who writes 墍
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsPlastering a roof.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 墍 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 墍
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- 墍 · 塈 · 塈 variant · Cangjie HUG
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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