What 絿 means
Usually, 絿 means hurried or impatient.
The Book of Songs, a classical Chinese poetry collection, has the line 不競不絿; the early dictionary Shuowen Jiezi quotes it. 絿 joins 糸 (thread) and 求, which hints at its sound.
Glosses include 急 (“urgent”), 緩 (“slow”), and 求 (“seek”). In the phrase, 絿 means “not hasty,” praising measured government.
Classical and specialized; it fits a historical quotation or dictionary gloss.
In 不競不絿, “not hasty” preserves the balance; “impatient” alone misses it.
Combination ideas
1“Not combative, not hasty”; a formula praising measured government.
Questions people ask
1Why does 絿 show as a box?
Your font may lack it. 絿 is still present in the text; a Han font with broader coverage can display the glyph.
How to type 絿
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 7D7F, then Alt+X to get 絿.
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-7d7f”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 7d7f, then Enter or Space.
HTML
絿CSS
\7D7FMandarin pinyin IME
To type 絿, search qiú in Mandarin pinyin; tone-number input may accept qiu2.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
絿
HTML hex
絿
CSS content
content: "\7D7F";
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URL encoded
%E7%B5%BF
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
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