What 帡 means
It means a covering, shelter, or canopy.
The earliest source located for the compound is the Western Han text 法言, where a house shelters people from storm. Its practical referent was a cloth screen or roof-cover. Later usage turns that physical shelter into protection or patronage. Dictionaries link 帡 to variant 帲 and gloss 幪 as the overhead partner. These sources support an evolving word-family, not a named invention.
Literary and lookup-heavy: use the fixed compound 帡幪 when you mean shelter.
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1Why does 帡 show as a box?
It is a font-coverage failure. As of 2026, 帡 is a text character drawn by the active font; another font may change its strokes, not its meaning.
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How to type or find 帡
- Also called
- 帲
- Search it as
- ping · 帡幪 · 帡帏 · 帐幕 · 帷幕 · 覆盖 · 庇护 · shelter
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