What 峭 means
It means steep or precipitous, then severe or forceful. In Chinese the steep sense describes cliffs and slopes in 峭壁 and 陡峭; the extended sense covers strict law, a stern manner, cold spring air in 料峭, and sharp prose. Japanese keeps the same steep and severe senses, read as shō.
峭 is built for terrain: a mountain or 阜 side plus 肖 for sound. The early dictionary tradition records 陗, later treated as a variant of 峭.
Literary: use it inside a familiar compound such as 峭壁.
Alone, 峭 can feel unfinished; 峭壁 is clearer for a cliff.
Who writes 峭
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1Why does 峭 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 峭
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- qiao · qiào · 陗 · 峭壁 · 陡峭 · 峻峭 · 料峭 · 峭立
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
峭\5CEDCodes and encoding1 code points
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