What 甃 means
Its earliest written form remains uncertain. No secure ancestor is established among early Chinese bone, shell, or bronze inscriptions as of 2026-09-08.
A literary Chinese masonry term; context tells whether 甃 means well lining, paving, or wall-building.
What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readingsIn 井甃
Brick or stone lining of a well.
In 甃地
Paving the ground with masonry.
In 甃城
Building or repairing a city wall.
Japanese しきがわら (敷瓦)
Paving tiles; also stone pavement.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does 甃 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.
How to type 甃
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 7503, then Alt+X to get 甃.
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-7503”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 7503, then Enter or Space.
HTML
甃CSS
\7503Mandarin IME
Enter zhou in pinyin and choose 甃 from the candidates.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
甃
HTML hex
甃
CSS content
content: "\7503";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%94%83
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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.