What 窣 means
It means coming out suddenly; 窸窣 evokes a faint, irregular rubbing sound.
The early Chinese dictionary Shuowen Jiezi explains it as emerging from a cave: 穴 means “cave,” while 卒 supplies the sound. Classical entries also record moving, sweeping, and trailing.
窣堵波 transcribes Sanskrit stūpa, a Buddhist monument that developed from a burial mound into a reliquary for worship and pilgrimage. Here 窣 represents part of the name's sound.
Literary and specialized; use an established compound.
For a rustle, use the full word 窸窣.
Who writes 窣
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 窣 look different across fonts?
As of 2026, CJK fonts can draw its strokes differently; the character remains 窣.
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How to type or find 窣
- Search it as
- 窣 · 窸窣 · 窣窣 · 勃窣 · 窣堵波 · sū · sù
- 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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\7AA3Pinyin input
With Pinyin input, try sū for the mainland reading; Taiwan's Ministry of Education dictionary records sù (ㄙㄨˋ).
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
窣
HTML hex
窣
CSS content
content: "\7AA3";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%AA%A3
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.