What 糟 means
It means “bad” or “spoiled” in present-day Chinese.
Shuowen Jiezi, an Eastern Han dictionary, defines 糟 as the grain dregs left after fermenting a drink. 米 means “grain”; 曹 hints at the sound. Its recorded older form uses 酉, a wine-related component.
酒糟 means wine dregs; 糟粕 keeps the residue sense. 糟糕 and 糟心 use 糟 negatively.
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Who writes 糟
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
3A terrible situation; also an exclamation like “oh no.”
Something upsetting or frustrating.
Dregs; figuratively, something treated as worthless.
Questions people ask
1Why does 糟 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 糟
- Search it as
- 糟 meaning · zāo · 糟糕 · 糟心 · 糟 Pinyin · 糟 Cangjie
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
糟CSS
\7CDFPinyin
In a Chinese Pinyin input method, type zao and select 糟.
Cangjie
In a Cangjie input method, enter FDTWA.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
糟
HTML hex
糟
CSS content
content: "\7CDF";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%B3%9F
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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.