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苇

cjk unified ideograph-82c7

Simplified Chinese character for reed

苇 means “reed”; Mandarin’s everyday plant word is 芦苇. Classical writing also turns it into a crossing image.

Text symbol
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苇 · 葦 · reed · 芦苇 · 一苇
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What 苇 means

苇 means “reed.”

A reed mat from the Chinese site of Tianluoshan dates to 6775–6645 calibrated years before 1950. Written forms appear in Warring States Chu slips (bamboo writing strips) and Qin/Han manuscript forms. Shuowen Jiezi, an early Chinese dictionary, calls 苇 “large 葭”: 葭 is an unflowered reed, 苇 the mature plant. An Eastern Han account describes New Year reed door cords with peach figures and tiger images for protection.

In modern Mandarin, bare 苇 has a bookish edge.

Can I use bare 苇? 芦苇 is more natural in ordinary Mandarin; alone, 苇 can sound bookish or incomplete.

Don't confuse it with

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葦
CJK Unified Ideograph-8466
苇 and 葦 are the simplified and traditional Chinese forms of the same character.

Combination ideas

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A classical crossing image; as of 2026, read as a tiny raft or bridge-like span.

Questions people ask

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Why does 苇 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.

How to type 苇

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 82C7, then Alt+X to get 苇.
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-82c7”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 82c7, then Enter or Space.
HTML
苇
CSS
\82C7
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HTML decimal
苇
HTML hex
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CSS content
content: "\82C7";
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URL encoded
%E8%8B%87
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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.

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