What 窠 means
A nest or burrow where an animal lives.
The early Chinese dictionary Shuowen contrasts 窠, a nest tucked in a hollow, with 巢, a nest set among branches.
How does 窠 change inside compounds?
It can shift from shelter to a fixed pattern.
Other Chinese compounds extend 窠 to a dwelling or writing grid, as in 擘窠大字. 窠臼 names a door-pivot socket, then a stale pattern. 不落窠臼 describes work that avoids a formula.
Who writes 窠
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Don't confuse it with
1
Combination ideas
1Original work that avoids a fixed formula.
Questions people ask
1Why does 窠 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 窠
- Search it as
- 窠 · kē · ke · 窠臼 · 不落窠臼 · 窠巢 · 擘窠大字
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
窠CSS
\7AA0Pinyin
In a Chinese Pinyin keyboard, type ke and select 窠 from the candidates.
Cangjie
To type 窠 with Cangjie, enter code JCWD (十金田木).
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
窠
HTML hex
窠
CSS content
content: "\7AA0";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%AA%A0
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.