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腂

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Chinese character 腂

腂 is a rare Chinese character with dictionary senses for redness or red swelling, raised skin, and a medicinal herb; an Eastern Han word-origin text also links it to 踝 in an ankle gloss. The intended sense depends on the surrounding words because the character has several distinct readings.

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What 腂 means

腂 has several dictionary meanings, not one fixed sense.

Chinese references record meanings involving redness or red swelling, raised skin, and a medicinal herb. In the Eastern Han, the Chinese word-origin dictionary 《释名》 used 腂 in a gloss for 踝, the usual character for “ankle.” Rhyme dictionaries also preserve its readings in separate entries.

Is 腂 another form of 踝?

Only in its historical ankle sense.

《释名》 uses 腂 as an alternative form in an ankle gloss; 踝 is the ordinary modern character for that body part. The other dictionary senses of 腂 are separate, so don’t substitute it for 踝 in ordinary writing.

Rare and dictionary-facing; surrounding words are needed to choose among its recorded senses.

Don’t assume a bare 腂 means “ankle”; that is only one historical sense.

What it means when someone sends it to you

4 readings
Beside words for redness or swelling
One recorded sense is redness or red swelling.
Describing raised skin
Another sense is skin that has risen.
Naming a medicinal herb
A separate dictionary reading names a medicinal herb.
Alone in a message
There is no single sense to choose; ask what word or passage was intended.

Don't confuse it with

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Questions people ask

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Why does 腂 appear as a box?

A font issue. The font on your device may lack this character; 腂 is text, so its display depends on font support.

How to type 腂

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 8142, then Alt+X to get 腂.
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-8142”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 8142, then Enter or Space.
HTML
腂
CSS
\8142
How do I type 腂 with Cangjie?
With a Cangjie (倉頡) input method, type BWD; whether the character appears depends on that method’s dictionary.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
腂
HTML hex
腂
CSS content
content: "\8142";
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URL encoded
%E8%85%82
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On screen
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

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