What 絼 means
The rope passed through an ox’s nose to lead it.
The Rites of Zhou (周禮), a classical Chinese book on court ritual, mentions it with sacrificial cattle. A commentary says people then called the rope 雉.
The 2024 Taiwan Ministry of Education variant dictionary says the early Chinese character dictionary 說文解字 omits 絼. It equates 絼 with 紖; 纼 is 紖’s simplified form.
Classical and specialist: a term for historical ritual texts and lexicography.
Questions people ask
1Why does 絼 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 絼
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 7D7C, then Alt+X to get 絼.
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-7d7c”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 7d7c, then Enter or Space.
HTML
絼CSS
\7D7CMandarin input
For Mandarin pinyin input, type zhěn or zhèn; Cangjie sequence: VFBSH.
Font coverage
The 2024 CNS entry says Windows 10 and later include 絼 by default; older Windows may need a font package.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
絼
HTML hex
絼
CSS content
content: "\7D7C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%B5%BC
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.