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淽

cjk unified ideograph-6dfd

Chinese character 淽

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淽 is a Chinese character recorded for waterway and spring names. It is specialized geographic vocabulary; Pinyin and Cangjie both require choosing the right candidate.

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What 淽 means

淽 names a waterway or spring in Chinese records. Dictionaries list it as a water name and as the name of a spring linked to Baling, a Chinese place name.

The earliest dictionary record cited for 淽 appears in 《集韻》, a Chinese rhyme dictionary compiled 1037–1039; later references include 《類篇》. The older character dictionary 《說文》 does not list it. Together, these records show an established written tradition without naming a single inventor.

淽 combines 氵, the water component on its left, with 芷 on its right. In Mandarin, 淽 and 沚 share a pronunciation, but 沚 is a different character meaning a small islet.

What does it mean when someone sends 淽?

A lone 淽 has no established chat reading. As of 2026, the dictionary evidence supports geographic senses, not a standard chat or folk meaning. If someone sends it by itself, ask for the surrounding phrase or place name.

Specialized Chinese geographic vocabulary; its documented uses belong in place-name text.

A lone send is not enough to infer a reaction.

Who writes 淽

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Why is 淽 showing as a square?

A square usually means the current font has no glyph for 淽. Use a CJK font with coverage; Taiwan's CNS 11643 record said as of 2024 that default fonts in Windows 10 and later include this character.

How to type or find 淽

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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 6DFD, then AltX to get 淽.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “cjk unified ideograph-6dfd”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 6dfd, then Enter or Space.
HTML
淽
CSS
\6DFD
Pinyin
On a Mandarin Pinyin keyboard, enter zhi3 and choose 淽 from the candidate list.
Cangjie
On a Cangjie keyboard, which enters characters by component shape, enter ETYM and choose 淽 from the candidates.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
淽
HTML hex
淽
CSS content
content: "\6DFD";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E6%B7%BD
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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