What 粨 means
It means 100 metres. 粨 abbreviates 百米: 百 means “hundred,” 米 means “metre”; 公引 is another name for this unit.
Is 粨 an old unit character?
Yes; Chinese sources mark its unit use as old.
The dictionary Shuowen Jiezi, compiled in the Han dynasty, has no entry for 粨. In 1919, China’s Scientific Society listed it among Japanese-derived metric-unit characters.
Chinese sources give bǎi (like “bye,” with a dipping tone); Japanese sources read it ヘクトメートル, the Japanese word for hectometre.
Who writes 粨
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 粨 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 粨
- Also called
- 百米 · 公引 · hectometre
- Search it as
- hm · 粨 · bai
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
粨CSS
\7CA8Pinyin input
On a Chinese Pinyin keyboard, try bai; use bai3 if tone numbers are supported. Some candidate lists omit 粨.
Cangjie input
Cangjie is a Chinese input method; enter 火木一日 where supported.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
粨
HTML hex
粨
CSS content
content: "\7CA8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%B2%A8
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.