What 碢 means
碢 is a historical written variant of 砣. The old Chinese dictionary 《玉篇》 glosses it as 碾輪石, “a stone roller”; 《廣韻》 also records the form 碾碢.
Other historical uses include a weight on a traditional balance scale and a wheel for polishing jade. Construction writing from the Ming–Qing period uses 碢 for a heavy tool that packs earth. The related term 堶 appears in records of a traditional tile-throwing game.
In ordinary modern Chinese writing, 砣 is the more familiar form.
A missing box means the font lacks 碢; the character itself is unchanged.
Who writes 碢
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Questions people ask
2Is 碢 a different character from 砣?
No. 碢 is an alternate written form of 砣, preserved in historical or specialist text.
Why does 碢 look different on my device?
Fonts draw this text character, and some fonts lack its glyph. Its appearance or availability may vary, but the character stays the same.
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How to type or find 碢
- Also called
- 砣
- Search it as
- tuo · tuó · 碾砣 · 秤砣 · 砣子 · 石碢 · 堶
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
碢\78A2Codes and encoding1 code points
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