What 巢 means
A nest; compounds can extend it to a den or hideout.
Shang oracle-bone inscriptions—bones inscribed for divination—show 巢 as part of a larger character. A form used alone is recorded in the Western Zhou period. Its shape combines a nest with 木, the character for “tree.”
Later Chinese usage includes animal nests, nesting, simple tree shelters, and hideouts for enemies or bandits. The Chinese dictionary Shuowen contrasts a tree nest (巢) with one in a hole (窠).
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Who writes 巢
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
3bird’s nest.
beehive or honeycomb.
nest, den, or sometimes a hostile hideout.
Questions people ask
1Why does 巢 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 巢
- Search it as
- den · hideout · beehive · 巢穴 · 巣 · chao
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
巢CSS
\5DE2Chinese Pinyin
With Chinese Pinyin input, type chao and choose 巢 from the candidates; tone marks are optional.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
巢
HTML hex
巢
CSS content
content: "\5DE2";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E5%B7%A2
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On screen
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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.