What 簶 means
It means an arrow holder. Chinese dictionaries explain 簶 through 胡簶, a word for a quiver.
The Chinese character dictionary 龍龕手鑑 records 簶 in 997. Japanese sources attest 胡簶 in 720 and around 934.
In Japan, 胡簶 served as archery gear and later ceremonial court equipment by the Heian period.
Historical specialist vocabulary for archery.
Without 胡簶 or a gloss, its arrow-case sense is easy to miss.
Questions people ask
1Does a dictionary entry date the quiver's invention?
No. It dates a written record, not when the arrow case or character began.
How to type 簶
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 7C36, then Alt+X to get 簶.
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-7c36”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 7c36, then Enter or Space.
HTML
簶CSS
\7C36Japanese text input
To type 簶, enter ろく, its Japanese kana reading, and check candidates; availability depends on the input dictionary.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
簶
HTML hex
簶
CSS content
content: "\7C36";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%B0%B6
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.