What 粸 means
The dictionary classifies it among cakes or pastries. Its compact gloss, 餅屬, places it in that food category.
The Jiyun, an old Chinese dictionary arranged by rhyme, was compiled in 1037–39 and records the food gloss. The earlier Shuowen dictionary does not list 粸.
A study published in 2008 records 粸子 as a food word in dialogue from the late Yuan and early Ming periods in northern Mandarin.
It has a rare, dictionary-level feel, with associations to older or regional food vocabulary.
Don't confuse it with
1Combination ideas
1A two-character food term that begins with 粸.
Questions people ask
1Why does 粸 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.
How to type 粸
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 7CB8, then Alt+X to get 粸.
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-7cb8”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 7cb8, then Enter or Space.
HTML
粸CSS
\7CB8Cangjie Chinese input
Choose the Cangjie input method and type FDTMC: fire, wood, grass, one, metal.
Font coverage
If the glyph appears as a square, your font may lack it. Use a CJK font that includes 粸.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
粸
HTML hex
粸
CSS content
content: "\7CB8";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%B2%B8
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.