What 繼 means
It means “continue,” “inherit,” or “succeed.” 繼位 means “succeed to a position”; 繼續, “continue”; 繼承, “inherit.”
Early form 㡭 appears on a bronze object from China's Spring and Autumn period. Its shape joins broken threads. Traditional Chinese writes 繼; Simplified Chinese, 继; Japanese, 継.
Neutral in words; alone, 繼 can read like a fragment.
Who writes 繼
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Don't confuse it with
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Combination ideas
2Continue; carry on.
Inherit; take over.
Questions people ask
1Why does 繼 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 繼
- Search it as
- jì · ji4 · 繼 meaning · 繼續 · 繼承 · 继 · 継 · 㡭
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
繼CSS
\7E7CChinese input
Use Traditional Chinese mode; enter Mandarin pinyin ji4 or jì, then select 繼.
Japanese input
Enter Japanese tsugu (“continue”) or kei (used in compounds) to select 継.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
繼
HTML hex
繼
CSS content
content: "\7E7C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%B9%BC
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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
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.