What 礬 means
It names alum and related mineral salts. A Chinese dictionary called 玉篇, written after the earlier dictionary 說文, defines 礬 as a kind of stone.
The Song History, a Chinese historical chronicle, lists white and green alum among goods that were made, traded, and regulated. In 明礬, the surrounding character narrows the meaning to alum; 山礬 is a flowering plant's name. In Japanese usage, 礬水 is a mixture of alum and glue used to prepare paper or silk surfaces.
Who writes 礬
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 礬 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 礬
- Search it as
- 礬 · 矾 · fan · fán · 明礬 · 明矾 · 礬水
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
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HTML
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\792CChinese pinyin input method
In Mandarin pinyin input, type fan and choose 礬 from the candidates; choose 矾 for simplified Chinese.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
礬
HTML hex
礬
CSS content
content: "\792C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%A4%AC
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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.