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褹

cjk unified ideograph-8939

Character 褹

褹 is a historical clothing term: dictionaries give it as a padded short jacket or cloth undershirt, and sometimes as “sleeve.” Its exact sense depends on the source, so read the surrounding gloss before treating related characters as interchangeable.

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褹 · 襼 · 袂 · sleeve · undershirt · padded jacket · Cangjie · LGGI
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What 褹 means

It names a padded garment; some glosses also say “sleeve.”

The Western Han 方言, a book that records regional speech, gives 筩褹 as the Jiang-Xiang name for a padded garment.

Later 字林 and 玉篇 entries keep the garment senses. Dictionaries also connect 褹 with 袂 and 襼 through their shared “sleeve” gloss; check the source's wording before treating them as interchangeable.

Dictionary or literary register; use it for a historical source or a precise clothing gloss.

Check the source gloss before replacing it with 襼 or 袂.

Questions people ask

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Can fonts render 褹 differently?

Yes. As of 2026, a Japanese character dictionary notes that its display can vary with the font or device; font coverage and glyph design may change the strokes.

How to type 褹

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 8939, then Alt+X to get 褹.
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-8939”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 8939, then Enter or Space.
HTML
褹
CSS
\8939
How to type 褹 with Cangjie
In the Cangjie Chinese input method, enter LGGI, press Space, then select 褹 from the candidates. Cangjie uses character shapes to form input codes.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
褹
HTML hex
褹
CSS content
content: "\8939";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E8%A4%B9
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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.

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