What 簹 means
In a Chinese Pinyin IME, type dang and select 簹.
If 筜 appears in the choices, select traditional output: 筜 is the simplified counterpart. If 簹 appears as a blank box, the font lacks its glyph.
What does 簹 mean?
It names tall bamboo in 篔簹; the compound sets the meaning.
The earliest recorded literary appearance of 篔簹 is in Zuo Si's poem 吳都賦, from the Western Jin (265–316). It lists the bamboo among plants associated with Wu, a historical Chinese state.
In 1350, painter Wu Zhen titled an ink-bamboo painting 篔簹清影圖 with that bamboo name.
Classical and specialized; the character is clearest in compounds and literary titles.
On its own, 簹 gives little clue; ask for the compound or source.
Who writes 簹
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsTall bamboo; the classical plant name.
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 簹 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 簹
- Search it as
- 簹 · 筜 · 篔簹 · 筼筜 · 車簹 · 筕簹 · dang · yundang
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
簹\7C39dang and select 簹; choose traditional output if your input method defaults to simplified characters.Codes and encoding1 code points
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