What 碻 means
In 碻磝, 碻 means rough, stony ground. Its Mandarin reading is qiāo, roughly “chyao,” with a high, level tone.
The Chinese dictionary 玉篇, compiled in 543, records the character; the later dictionary 廣韻 lists it as another written form of 確.
Dictionary and place-name use; context helps settle the character’s reading.
If someone sends only 碻, don’t guess at a reaction; ask what word or name they meant.
Who writes 碻
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 碻 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 碻
- Search it as
- 碻 meaning · 碻磝 · 碻 確 · 碻 pinyin · que · qiao · 确
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
碻CSS
\78BBMandarin Pinyin
On a Mandarin Pinyin keyboard (Latin-letter spelling of Mandarin), type que and select 碻 from candidates; in 碻磝, it reads qiāo.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
碻
HTML hex
碻
CSS content
content: "\78BB";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%A2%BB
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On screen
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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.