What 觎 means
It means desire or hoped-for gain.
In the classical period, the Chinese chronicle Zuo Zhuan uses 覦 in 民无覦心 (“the people have no covetous hopes”). The early Chinese dictionary Shuowen Jiezi glosses 覦 as “to desire.”
Later records use 觊觎 for coveting office, a throne, territory, or property.
Literary alone; 觊觎 makes the coveting explicit.
By itself, 觎 can look unfinished; use 觊觎 for “to covet.”
Who writes 觎
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsA literary fragment; often a cue for 觊觎.
Related characters
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Combination ideas
2Covet the throne.
Covet territory.
Questions people ask
1Why does 觎 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 觎
- Search it as
- 觊觎 · 覦 · 觎 meaning · 觎 traditional · type 觎 · yu pinyin
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
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HTML
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\89CEHow to type 觎
For Mandarin Pinyin input, enter yu and select 觎; IMEs that accept tone marks may also take yú.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
觎
HTML hex
觎
CSS content
content: "\89CE";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E8%A7%8E
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On screen
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Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.