What 繇 means
The word around 繇 sets its meaning and reading.
In pre-Qin (before the Qin dynasty) records, 繇 named words interpreting an omen or hexagram (a six-line divination figure), inherited from a text or composed for a consultation. A related form, 䌛, appears on Western Zhou bronze inscriptions. In compounds, 繇 can stand for 徭 in 繇役 (“compulsory labor service”) or 由 (“from”) in 繇來 and 繇此; dictionaries also connect it with 謠 (“folk song”). 繇辭 names divination wording.
Who writes 繇
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Related characters
4䌛
CJK Unified Ideograph-431B
An older written form related to 繇.
CJK Unified Ideograph-5Fad
繇 can stand for 徭 in 繇役, the term for compulsory labor service.
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繇 can stand for 由 in 繇來 and 繇此, with the sense “from.”
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Classical dictionaries connect 繇 with 謠, meaning “folk song.”
Questions people ask
1Why does 繇 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 繇
- Search it as
- 繇字 · 繇辭 · 繇词 · 繇役 · 繇賦 · 繇戍 · 繇來 · 繇此
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
繇CSS
\7E47Mandarin Pinyin IME
Enter yao for 繇役, you for 繇來 or 繇此, or zhou for 繇辭; check the compound before selecting 繇.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
繇
HTML hex
繇
CSS content
content: "\7E47";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%B9%87
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.