What 瓾 means
It names a band associated with an ancient steamer.
Dictionaries gloss 瓾 as 甑带, the cord or band of a 甑: a perforated pot set over water to steam food.
The earliest attested passage is in the second-century BCE Chinese text Huainanzi. Philologists reconstruct 𤬿 there, treating 瓾 as a copying error preserved by later dictionaries.
Antiquarian and technical; expect dictionary or textual-critical context.
In a quotation, check the edition before treating 瓾 as intended.
Who writes 瓾
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 瓾 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 瓾
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- 瓾 · 瓾 meaning · 甑带 · 甑帶 · 瓾 copying error · 𤬿 · 窐 · U+74FE
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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瓾CSS
\74FEChinese input
Its dictionary readings conflict; use exact-character search if your Chinese input method offers it.
Unicode hex input
In an editor with hexadecimal Unicode entry, enter 74FE; the shortcut varies by editor.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
瓾
HTML hex
瓾
CSS content
content: "\74FE";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%93%BE
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On screen
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Code points
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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.