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溍

cjk unified ideograph-6e8d

溍 with water radical

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溍 is a rare Chinese character that can name a body of water or describe how water looks. In a personal name, it functions as a name element, not a translation of the dictionary gloss. The earliest source named for it is Yupian, compiled around 543.

Text symbol

What 溍 means

It can name a body of water or describe its appearance.

The Taiwan Ministry of Education dictionary names Yupian, a Chinese character dictionary compiled around 543, as its earliest source. Its 2024 entry says the earlier Shuowen dictionary does not record 溍, while the later Jiyun dictionary does.

What does 溍 mean in a name or message?

In a personal name, treat 溍 as a name element.

A National Palace Museum record preserves 黃溍 as a person's name; the dictionary gloss does not tell you what an individual name means.

If someone sends 溍 alone, ask what name or text they have in mind. The dictionary senses alone do not settle the message.

Rare and literary; in casual chat, it is likeliest to be a name reference or a character lookup.

Don't translate someone's 溍 as “water” without context.

Who writes 溍

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What it means when someone sends it to you

3 readings

It is part of the written name; the dictionary gloss does not translate the person.

Don't confuse it with

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Questions people ask

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Why does 溍 show as a box?

The character is present in the text, but the font drawing it lacks a glyph. The CNS record from 2024 says Windows 10 and later include 溍 in default fonts; other systems or fallback fonts may still show a box.

How to type or find 溍

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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 6E8D, then AltX to get 溍.
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-6e8d”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 6e8d, then Enter or Space.
HTML
溍
CSS
\6E8D
How to type 溍
In a Mandarin Pinyin input method, type jin and select 溍; it is pronounced jìn, with a falling tone (Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˋ).
Cangjie
In the Cangjie Chinese input method, type EMIA; the keys encode the water radical followed by 晉.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
溍
HTML hex
溍
CSS content
content: "\6E8D";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E6%BA%8D
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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.

Families this belongs to

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