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紩

cjk unified ideograph-7d29

Chinese character 紩

紩 means to sew, stitch, or mend cloth, with a literary or classical feel. In old clothing terminology it describes sewing worn, unbordered fabric. On its own in a message, it gives little emotional context.

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紩 meaning · 襤褸 · 縫 · 缝 · 紩 zhì · 紩 zhi · Cangjie 紩
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What 紩 means

It means to sew, stitch, or mend cloth.

紩 is a rarer, literary counterpart to the ordinary modern sewing character 縫. Its earliest dictionary entry is in Shuowen Jiezi, a Chinese character dictionary completed around 100 CE, where it is glossed “to sew.” The Han-era Fangyan, a text on regional speech, uses 紩 in a clothing description of 襤褸: worn, unbordered cloth that has been sewn. Later spellings include 襤縷; the word came to mean “tattered,” and sometimes figuratively weak or shoddy work.

What does 紩 mean in a message?

Alone, read the sewing sense or ask for context.

The character names a sewing action, so by itself it gives little emotional guidance. In a message about clothes, sewing, or an old text, the literal sense fits; if it does not, ask what the sender meant.

Classical and dictionary-like; suited to discussing sewing, an old text, or the character itself.

Alone, 紩 may leave a reader wondering why a sewing word appeared.

Don't confuse it with

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Combination ideas

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A stitched or mended garment in a classical text.
A paired classical expression for sewing and stitching.
Sewn with patterned silk into a banner in a historical text.

Questions people ask

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why does 紩 show as a box

A missing-glyph box means the active font cannot display 紩. Switch to a font that supports it; supported fonts can still draw its strokes differently.

How to type 紩

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 7D29, then Alt+X to get 紩.
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-7d29”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 7d29, then Enter or Space.
HTML
紩
CSS
\7D29
How to type 紩
With a Cangjie Chinese-character input method, enter 女火竹手人. If your IME does not suggest it, search for the character in your editor’s Unicode picker.
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HTML decimal
紩
HTML hex
紩
CSS content
content: "\7D29";
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URL encoded
%E7%B4%A9
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On screen
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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