What 峁 means
It is narrower than the general word “hill.” In northwestern Chinese usage, 峁 names a rounded, steep-sided rise made of loess, fine soil deposited by wind.
A regional gazetteer (a local book of places and history) uses 峁 in a place name in 1671; this is an attested use, not the character’s origin.
The older Chinese character dictionary 康熙字典 gives a broader gloss, “the appearance of a high mountain.”
Who writes 峁
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsA rounded loess hill.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 峁 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 峁
- Search it as
- mǎo · mao3 · loess hill · place name · Chinese landform
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
峁CSS
\5CC1How to type 峁
In a Chinese Pinyin input method (Mandarin written with Latin letters), enter mǎo or mao3, then select 峁 from the candidates.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
峁
HTML hex
峁
CSS content
content: "\5CC1";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E5%B3%81
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.