What 秄 means
Draw soil up around crop roots after weeding.
As of 2026, its earliest known record is in the Eastern Han dictionary Shuowen Jiezi, compiled in 121 CE.
In Han-era farming, the action followed weeding; soil was drawn up to shield roots from wind and drought.
What does it mean if someone sends me 秄?
It is a literal farming term. If the message gives no clue why, ask the sender.
Questions people ask
1Why does 秄 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 秄
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 79C4, then Alt+X to get 秄.
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-79c4”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 79c4, then Enter or Space.
HTML
秄CSS
\79C4How to type
Pinyin is the Latin-letter spelling system used by many Mandarin keyboards. Enter `zi` and check the third-tone `zǐ` candidates.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
秄
HTML hex
秄
CSS content
content: "\79C4";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%A7%84
1
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.