What 穩 means
It means steady or certain; its history starts with grain.
An old gloss describes treading grain into a heap: 禾 marks grain, while a shortened form of 隱 supplies the sound.
Small-seal script is the oldest secure form; oracle-bone and bronze forms are unconfirmed as of 2026.
What does 穩 mean in a message?
Read it as reassurance or a confident verdict.
With objects, it means steady; with people or plans, dependable; before 贏, a likely win. Taiwanese Hokkien also uses it for certainty.
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsA chair or boat
It won't wobble.
A person or plan
Composed or dependable.
Before 贏
The writer expects a win.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
1Why does 穩 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 穩
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 7A69, then Alt+X to get 穩.
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-7a69”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 7a69, then Enter or Space.
HTML
穩CSS
\7A69Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
穩
HTML hex
穩
CSS content
content: "\7A69";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%A9%A9
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.