What 翰 means
翰 is a literary brush-and-writing character.
The Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese dictionary from around 100 AD, describes it as a red-feathered “celestial chicken”; later glosses add “long, hard feather.”
Feather bristles link 翰 to writing, letters and talent. In the Tang dynasty, 翰林院 was a court office for summoned scholars; later, a learned office.
Literary and formal.
Who writes 翰
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
2Brush and ink; by extension, writing or calligraphy.
Tang court office for summoned scholars; later, a learned literary office.
Questions people ask
1Can 翰 look different across fonts?
Yes. Fonts draw 翰 with small shape differences; it remains the same text character.
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How to type or find 翰
- Search it as
- 翰墨 · 翰林院 · han4
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
翰CSS
\7FF0How to type 翰
Use Chinese Pinyin (Mandarin in Latin letters): type han, then select 翰.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
翰
HTML hex
翰
CSS content
content: "\7FF0";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E7%BF%B0
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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.