What 拒 means
拒 blocks or refuses. A first inscription is not secure; by the Eastern Han, Shuowen Jiezi analyzed it as hand plus 巨 and “to stop.” Classical uses range from resisting enemies to refusing advice or closing a door.
Mandarin uses 拒 in 拒绝; Japanese uses it in 拒む and 拒否. The core idea stays “keep out.”
Someone sent me 拒—what now?
Read the surrounding language first. A bare 拒 can signal a direct no, but it is still a typed character, not a universal reaction icon.
Who writes 拒
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
2Chinese: refuse or reject.
Japanese: refusal or rejection.
Questions people ask
1Can 拒 mean welcome?
Yes—in 來者不拒, “people who come are not refused” means everyone is welcome.
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How to type or find 拒
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- refuse · reject · block · refusal · 拒绝 · 拒否 · kobamu
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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HTML
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\62D2Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
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HTML hex
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CSS content
content: "\62D2";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E6%8B%92
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On screen
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.