What 窏 means
It joins 洝 in 窏洝, a compound with several glosses. Readings describe low, uneven ground or moisture, sometimes damp air.
The earliest known literary use is in a mountain passage of the Eastern Han poem “Long Flute Rhapsody” (長笛賦). As of 2026, the early Chinese character dictionary 說文解字 has no entry for 窏.
Its strokes can vary by font across devices, though the text character remains 窏.
Classical literary and dictionary register; the compound is its natural setting.
If someone sent 窏 alone, ask for the surrounding words.
Who writes 窏
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Don't confuse it with
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1Questions people ask
1Why does 窏 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 窏
- Search it as
- wū · wu · 窏洝 · 窏 character · 窪
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
窏\7A8FCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.