What 娓 means
The doubled form changes the practical reading.
Sources preserve “yield,” “comply,” and “beautiful” for 娓; 娓娓 develops continuous, engaging speech. 女 supplies the meaning-side and 尾 the sound-side: it is a sound-and-meaning graph, not a picture.
The Ministry of Education database, as of 2026, shows no oracle-bone or bronze-form entry for 娓. That is a limit on the evidence, not proof of no earlier use.
Who writes 娓
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
2Tell the story continuously, from beginning to end.
Speak continuously in a pleasing, engaging way.
Questions people ask
1Why does 娓 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 娓
- Search it as
- wei · 娓娓 · 道来 · 而谈 · 动听 · 不倦 · 顺从 · 美
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
娓CSS
\5A13Pinyin IME
Type wei and choose 娓; Mandarin reading: wěi.
Cangjie
Use VSHU if your keyboard supports Cangjie.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
娓
HTML hex
娓
CSS content
content: "\5A13";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E5%A8%93
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.