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緰

cjk unified ideograph-7df0

Chinese character 緰

緰 means fine cloth in an early recorded gloss; historical dictionaries also give it senses involving silk, color, a silk pass credential, and cutting silk. Han-era sources place it in clothing and fabric vocabulary. If it arrives alone in chat, ask which word or passage is meant: it has no fixed conversational reaction.

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Search it as
fine cloth character · silk character · 緰㠿 · 緰貲 · 繻 variant · Chinese reading · Cangjie VFOMN
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What 緰 means

It is a historical Chinese word for fine cloth.

Han-era sources place it among clothing and fabric terms. 《說文》 records 緰貲 as cloth; 《急就篇》 includes 緰㠿 in clothing vocabulary and glosses it as exceptionally fine cloth.

Other dictionary entries connect 緰 with silk, colored silk, a purple-red shade, a silk credential for passing a gate, and cutting silk. These are distinct recorded senses, so the surrounding word or passage matters.

Should you send 緰 by itself?

Only if the recipient has the quotation or a gloss.

It has no fixed chat reaction: historical entries point to different meanings. In a message, give the word or passage it comes from; otherwise ask what the sender means.

Historical and context-dependent; it carries no built-in chat tone.

Alone in chat? Ask which word or passage it stands for.

What it means when someone sends it to you

5 readings
In 緰㠿 in 《急就篇》
Exceptionally fine cloth, placed among clothing terms.
In 緰貲 in 《說文》
Cloth, in a historical dictionary gloss.
In a Han pass or gate record
A silk credential associated with passing through a gate.
Where a dictionary links it with 繻
A 繻-related reading, including colored silk.
Sent alone in a modern chat
No fixed reaction; ask which word or passage was intended.

Don't confuse it with

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Questions people ask

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Is 緰 an emoji?

No. It is a text character, so its displayed shape depends on the font.

緰 pronunciation: why several readings?

Historical dictionaries preserve separate readings and senses rather than one pronunciation that fits every use. Choose the reading attached to the exact word or quoted passage.

How to type 緰

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 7DF0, then Alt+X to get 緰.
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-7df0”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 7df0, then Enter or Space.
HTML
緰
CSS
\7DF0
How to type 緰
Use a Chinese IME and choose from candidates using the surrounding word; its readings are not unique.
Cangjie
On a Cangjie Chinese input layout, enter VFOMN, then select the character.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
緰
HTML hex
緰
CSS content
content: "\7DF0";
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URL encoded
%E7%B7%B0
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On screen
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

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