What 筪 means
Its earliest cited dictionary gloss is a bamboo implement.
As of 2024, a character-variant dictionary says 筪 is absent from 說文, an early character dictionary, and cites 玉篇 for 竹器 (“bamboo implement”). 正字通, a later dictionary, records it for 匣 (“box”); other references give 竹名 (“a bamboo name”) and list 笚 as a written variant. These glosses do not date its first written use.
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1Questions people ask
1Can a font change how 筪 looks?
Yes. A Japanese kanji reference checked in 2026 marks the display as environment-dependent; fonts or browsers may change its appearance.
How to type 筪
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 7B6A, then Alt+X to get 筪.
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-7b6a”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 7b6a, then Enter or Space.
HTML
筪CSS
\7B6ACangjie
Enter HSWL in a Cangjie input method for 筪.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
筪
HTML hex
筪
CSS content
content: "\7B6A";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%AD%AA
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On screen
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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.