What 尮 means
It describes limping or a curved back.
A related form, 𡯁, appears as a bent-leg character on a bronze inscription from the middle Western Zhou period, an early Chinese dynasty. Older glosses give it the senses of a curved back and short stature.
The Kangxi Dictionary equates 尮 with 𡯁; Chinese dictionaries gloss 尮 as limping or having a curved back.
Specialized and bodily; it needs context in conversation.
Alone, it can sound like a literal comment on someone's body.
Who writes 尮
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Questions people ask
1Why does 尮 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 尮
- Search it as
- duò · duo4 · limping · curved back · short stature · 𡯦
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
尮CSS
\5C2EMandarin Pinyin
Try duò or duo4 in a Mandarin Pinyin keyboard; if neither appears, switch to code input.
Chinese code input
Wubi: dnes (86) or dnbs (98); Cangjie: kunsd.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
尮
HTML hex
尮
CSS content
content: "\5C2E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E5%B0%AE
1
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.