What 欯 means
欯's Mandarin pronunciation is xí, roughly “shee” with a rising pitch.
The Eastern Han Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese dictionary compiled around 100 CE, glosses joy and analyzes 欯 as 欠 plus 吉, with 吉 supplying the sound. Later lexicons give kài (“k-eye,” falling tone) for “sound,” list 咭 as a variant, and gloss 欯欯 as joy.
Bookish; use it where the reader knows the character.
Without that familiarity, the laughter may not land.
Who writes 欯
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How to type or find 欯
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
欯CSS
\6B2FWindows
In Word or Outlook, type 6B2F, then AltX.
macOS
With Unicode Hex Input, press Option6B2F.
GNOME
Press CtrlShiftU, type 6B2F, then Enter.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
欯
HTML hex
欯
CSS content
content: "\6B2F";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E6%AC%AF
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On screen
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
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