What 棯 means
It names a jujube or another tree.
As of 2026, the earliest dictionary entry identified is in the Erya, an early Chinese dictionary; it records 棯枣 as a jujube and says the fruit's flavor does not last long. Chinese dictionaries link another tree-name reading to 㰂 and list 菍 as a variant form of 棯. Japanese place-name dictionaries also record 棯 in 棯小野, a place name in Ube.
Literal, specialized, and name-like.
Who writes 棯
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Related characters
3㰂
CJK Unified Ideograph-3C02
Chinese dictionaries link 棯's alternate tree-name reading to 㰂, a character for another tree.
CJK Unified Ideograph-83Cd
菍 is listed as a variant form of 棯.
CJK Unified Ideograph-67A3
In the historical plant name 棯枣, 枣 is the second character; the Erya records the term for a kind of jujube.
Questions people ask
1Why does 棯 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 棯
- Search it as
- meaning of 棯 · 棯 character · 棯枣 · 棯小野 · rěn 棯 · shěn 棯 · 菍 · 㰂
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
棯CSS
\68EFPinyin
To type 棯 with pinyin, try rěn or shěn and select the 棯 candidate.
Cangjie
On a Chinese Cangjie input method, enter DOIP.
Wubi
On a Chinese Wubi input method, enter SWYN if the layout offers 棯.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
棯
HTML hex
棯
CSS content
content: "\68EF";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E6%A3%AF
1
On screen
1
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.